Sacramento Head Start Alumni Association

Last Chance for Important Children's Programs

Oct 28, 2002

If you like exciting fourth-quarter politics, tune in to the "lame duck" session?—the period from Congress' return on November 12 until the new Congress is seated in January. Americans can have an impact on the outcome by voting with kids in mind on November 5, and alerting politicians that paying attention to children's needs can make or break elections.

According to advocates, the lame duck session this is the last chance for Congress to take specific actions needed for kids and families this year?—increasing funding for child care and Head Start, a three-year extension of an improved Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) welfare program, and passing adequate appropriations bills, especially the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education bill that pays for education, health care, child care and other important services for families and communities. The Legislative Action Center has information and tools to act.
http://capwiz.com/cdf/issues/alert/?alertid=647011&type=CO