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Mental Health

Children's Mental Health

This 2016 brief provides key facts on mental health issues related to children - how many are affected, how many receive the care they need, what level of mental health coverage is available, and more.
Jan 25, 2016 Read More
Parenting

Poverty & Involvement in the Child Welfare...

This 2016 brief provides key facts on the intersection between poverty and involvement in the child welfare system, as well as policy recommendations to ensure family economic security.
Jan 24, 2016 Read More
Foster Care

Family Visitation in the Child Welfare System

This updated 2016 policy brief provides background on visitation for parents and their children in foster care, an overview of research findings on visitation and policy recommendations for visitation.
Jan 14, 2016 Read More

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State Policy

Join Us For A Poverty Forum

Partners for Our Children is pleased to partner with the Washington State Budget & Policy Center to host a Forum on Poverty: The Impact on Children and Families on May 26th, 12:00-4:00 PM at the Navos Community Center in Burien.
May 05, 2016
Foster Care

Strive: Where Are We Today?

When we started on the path of developing an open source parenting program, we could only hope that Strive would become what it is today. We still have a lot of work to do, but one thing we know for sure is: we’ve tapped into something that everyone seems desperate for.
Apr 19, 2016

Legislative Updates

Legislative Update - Special Session - Week 3 (Sine Die!)

The House and Senate agreed on a budget early in the week and passed it on Tuesday, March 29th!  They also passed a number of bills ‘...

Apr 01, 2016

Legislative Update - Special Session - Week 1

As you know, the legislature adjourned last Thursday, March 10th.  The Governor then proceeded to veto 27 bills and call them...

Mar 18, 2016

Legislative Update - Week 8

As of today, bills must be out of the opposite house or they will die – unless, of course, the substance of the bill gets included in...

Mar 04, 2016