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Advocacy
Blogs on the topic of advocacy and public policy
It’s been an exciting week for advocacy at Crittenton Women’s Union. We attended and participated in a rally yesterday to support TAFDC for families headed by a parent receiving SSI. The governor recently reversed a cut that would have left almost 9,000 families with a reduced TAFDC grant or without any assistance at all. It was a huge success to have the funding restored but we now move on to ask for continued funding in FY11. The event yesterday highlighted the importance of the TAFDC program to families with disabilities. Read more
Business and union leaders, higher education advocates, elected officials and students were among those who gave their unqualified support of the CWU-initiated Workers' Pathways to Self-Sufficiency Act at a recent legislative hearing in September.
"As an employer, it is particularly frustrating to have employees who have the potential to advance to higher paying positions and who have the desire to advance to these positions, but who lack the requisite skills necessary to do the job," testified Edward Lappen, chief executive officer of Lappen Auto Supply Co. Read more
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