Tag: Kids and Families
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Blog WVCAEF February 1, 2023
URGENT: Protect Healthcare for Trans Youth & Support Investments in Our Communities
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people aged 10 to 24, and LGBTQ youth are more than four times as likely to attempt suicide than their peers. More
Issues: budget priorities, Coronavirus Relief, Healthcare, Inequality, Kids and Families
URGENT: Protect Healthcare for Trans Youth & Support Investments in Our Communities
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people aged 10 to 24, and LGBTQ youth are more than four times as likely to attempt suicide than their peers. More
Issues: budget priorities, Coronavirus Relief, Healthcare, Inequality, Kids and Families
Blog WVCAEF January 28, 2023
Keep WV Funded: Take Action to Stop Dangerous Tax Cuts!
Right now the Governor and the Legislature are sparring over the best way to give tax cuts to the wealthy and big businesses — at our expense. Click here to send a message to your legislators now to tell them their priority should be getting our house in order to better support West Virginia families. More
Issues: Budget, budget priorities, Education, Fair Taxation, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Kids and Families
Keep WV Funded: Take Action to Stop Dangerous Tax Cuts!
Right now the Governor and the Legislature are sparring over the best way to give tax cuts to the wealthy and big businesses — at our expense. Click here to send a message to your legislators now to tell them their priority should be getting our house in order to better support West Virginia families. More
Issues: Budget, budget priorities, Education, Fair Taxation, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Kids and Families
Blog WVCAEF January 15, 2023
Advocates Call for Local & Legislative Action, Funding for Community Support Services to Address School Suspension Disparities
In the short term, school suspensions and expulsion contribute to poor academic achievement. Longer term, this trend of low academic achievement feeds the “school-to-prison pipeline” leading to higher rates of incarceration for Black students. More
Issues: discrimination, Education, Inequality, Kids and Families
Advocates Call for Local & Legislative Action, Funding for Community Support Services to Address School Suspension Disparities
In the short term, school suspensions and expulsion contribute to poor academic achievement. Longer term, this trend of low academic achievement feeds the “school-to-prison pipeline” leading to higher rates of incarceration for Black students. More
Issues: discrimination, Education, Inequality, Kids and Families
Blog WVCAEF January 12, 2023
NAACP and others deliver an address on the “State of WV Children and Families”
In response to the Governor's State of the State address, groups gathered at the capitol to speak on the budget, and how the status quo is hurting WV children and families. More
Issues: Budget, budget priorities, Fair Taxation, Inequality, Kids and Families, Poverty, WV Legislature
NAACP and others deliver an address on the “State of WV Children and Families”
In response to the Governor's State of the State address, groups gathered at the capitol to speak on the budget, and how the status quo is hurting WV children and families. More
Issues: Budget, budget priorities, Fair Taxation, Inequality, Kids and Families, Poverty, WV Legislature
Blog WVCAEF March 2, 2022
Urgent Action: Tell our Senators to Stop HB 4007 – Our WV Wealthy do Not Need a Tax Break on the Backs of Working Families.
Tell our Senators to Stop HB 4007! Our wealthy West Virginians do not need a tax break on the backs of working families. More
Issues: Budget, Fair Taxation, Kids and Families, Workers
Urgent Action: Tell our Senators to Stop HB 4007 – Our WV Wealthy do Not Need a Tax Break on the Backs of Working Families.
Tell our Senators to Stop HB 4007! Our wealthy West Virginians do not need a tax break on the backs of working families. More
Issues: Budget, Fair Taxation, Kids and Families, Workers
Blog WVCAEF September 16, 2020
West Virginia Doctors Call on State AG to Stop Attacking Health Act
Charleston, WV - A group of over 30 doctors from across West Virginia are asking state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey to withdraw the state’s support for the federal lawsuit seeking to throw out the Affordable Care Act which has extended and protected health care coverage to hundreds of thousands of West Virginians. More
Issues: ACA, COVID-19, Healthcare, Inequality, Kids and Families, Medicaid
West Virginia Doctors Call on State AG to Stop Attacking Health Act
Charleston, WV - A group of over 30 doctors from across West Virginia are asking state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey to withdraw the state’s support for the federal lawsuit seeking to throw out the Affordable Care Act which has extended and protected health care coverage to hundreds of thousands of West Virginians. More
Issues: ACA, COVID-19, Healthcare, Inequality, Kids and Families, Medicaid
Blog WVCAEF August 25, 2020
Health Care For All 2020 Virtual Summit, Sept. 21-22
Save the date! SEPTEMBER 21 and 22 from 6:00-7:30pm, we'll be hosting our Health Care Summit, hosting medical professionals, Medicaid experts, and average citizens telling their health care stories. Are you tired of struggling, or watching friends and family struggle, to get life-saving health care? Do you think health care is a human right? Do you agree that West Virginians deserve better? We do and we need your help! More
Issues: Healthcare, Inequality, Kids and Families, Medicaid, Voting
Health Care For All 2020 Virtual Summit, Sept. 21-22
Save the date! SEPTEMBER 21 and 22 from 6:00-7:30pm, we'll be hosting our Health Care Summit, hosting medical professionals, Medicaid experts, and average citizens telling their health care stories. Are you tired of struggling, or watching friends and family struggle, to get life-saving health care? Do you think health care is a human right? Do you agree that West Virginians deserve better? We do and we need your help! More
Issues: Healthcare, Inequality, Kids and Families, Medicaid, Voting
Blog WVCAEF August 7, 2020
COVID Relief Needed: Demand Senators Pass a #PeoplesBailout
Covid Response Needed - Act Now! WV Citizen Action has been convening the West Virginians United table to pull resources and provide a local, state, and federal response to the pandemic. Here is what we’ve been advocating for workers, families and our communities. More
Issues: Democracy, Food security, Healthcare, Housing, Inequality, Kids and Families, Unemployment benefits, Workers
COVID Relief Needed: Demand Senators Pass a #PeoplesBailout
Covid Response Needed - Act Now! WV Citizen Action has been convening the West Virginians United table to pull resources and provide a local, state, and federal response to the pandemic. Here is what we’ve been advocating for workers, families and our communities. More
Issues: Democracy, Food security, Healthcare, Housing, Inequality, Kids and Families, Unemployment benefits, Workers
Blog WVCAEF July 22, 2020
Demand a #PeoplesBailout & Access to Absentee Voting
We need you to take two important actions. First, our Senators need to hear from you on their late pandemic response. Tell Senators Capito and Manchin that our families need robust support now. Second, in this time of crisis, we need clarity from state leaders about how we can cast our ballots safely in the upcoming election. Demand that Governor Jim Justice and Secretary of State Mac Warner protect our health and our right to vote by making this option available to all West Virginia voters again in the general election. More
Issues: Democracy, Elections, Healthcare, Inequality, Kids and Families, Unemployment benefits, Voting, Workers
Demand a #PeoplesBailout & Access to Absentee Voting
We need you to take two important actions. First, our Senators need to hear from you on their late pandemic response. Tell Senators Capito and Manchin that our families need robust support now. Second, in this time of crisis, we need clarity from state leaders about how we can cast our ballots safely in the upcoming election. Demand that Governor Jim Justice and Secretary of State Mac Warner protect our health and our right to vote by making this option available to all West Virginia voters again in the general election. More
Issues: Democracy, Elections, Healthcare, Inequality, Kids and Families, Unemployment benefits, Voting, Workers
Blog WVCAEF April 21, 2020
Have You Lost Your Health Care During COVID-19?
Our friends at the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy put together this helpful guide to outline the options that people have to maintain critical health coverage during this time. Please share! More
Issues: Healthcare, Kids and Families, Unemployment benefits, Workers
Have You Lost Your Health Care During COVID-19?
Our friends at the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy put together this helpful guide to outline the options that people have to maintain critical health coverage during this time. Please share! More
Issues: Healthcare, Kids and Families, Unemployment benefits, Workers
Blog WVCAEF April 8, 2020
Big Victories for Healthcare for All WV Campaign
By passing three of its top priority bills, the Health Care for All WV Coalition won big this year in the fight for all West Virginians’ right to health care. Hundreds of West Virginians joined together in asking legislators to support common sense measures that save money, dignity and lives in the long run. They urged lawmakers to choose people over profit by working towards a health system that serves everyone. The work is just beginning. Click here to learn more and get involved. More
Issues: Healthcare, Inequality, Kids and Families, Medicaid, Medicare
Big Victories for Healthcare for All WV Campaign
By passing three of its top priority bills, the Health Care for All WV Coalition won big this year in the fight for all West Virginians’ right to health care. Hundreds of West Virginians joined together in asking legislators to support common sense measures that save money, dignity and lives in the long run. They urged lawmakers to choose people over profit by working towards a health system that serves everyone. The work is just beginning. Click here to learn more and get involved. More
Issues: Healthcare, Inequality, Kids and Families, Medicaid, Medicare
Blog WVCAEF April 3, 2020
Groups Demand Support for Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and Intervention in Next Federal COVID Package
Citizen Action and other local, state, and national organizations joined with the National Child Abuse Coalition to urge Congress to act swiftly to provide emergency funding for the prevention, intervention, and treatment of child abuse and neglect. More
Issues: Kids and Families, Our Children Our Future
Groups Demand Support for Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and Intervention in Next Federal COVID Package
Citizen Action and other local, state, and national organizations joined with the National Child Abuse Coalition to urge Congress to act swiftly to provide emergency funding for the prevention, intervention, and treatment of child abuse and neglect. More
Issues: Kids and Families, Our Children Our Future
