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The Clock is Ticking: Congress must act quickly to extend CHIP funding
Together, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), known as FAMIS in Virginia, provide critical health coverage to more than 720,000 children in Virginia. These programs work...
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Meet Voices New Intern, Mary Pollock
Written By: Mary Pollock Ever since I was little, I have always been involved in some way or another in the well-being of children. From being the oldest of eight in my family, to having a brother with...
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CHIP Bill Introduced in Senate: Congress must act quickly!
As mentioned in our blog last week, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), known as FAMIS in Virginia, provides health insurance coverage to 123,256 low-income children and 1,146 pregnant...
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Troubling Times Call for Advocates to Step Up: Focus on Childhood Trauma
For us as children’s advocates it’s been a rough year. We’ve encountered challenges to children’s policy at the federal level, such as threats to children’s health insurance coverage. Our heads have...
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Recap: 2017 Carol S. Fox Making Kids Count Awards
The 6th Annual Carol S. Fox Making Kids Count Awards Reception was a celebratory event recognizing the impressive and necessary work of an individual and two organizations that improve the lives of...
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Alumnae of Foster Care Speak Out
Two alumnae of foster care shared their suggestions for Virginia’s foster care system with state legislators on Wednesday during a meeting of the Commission on Youth (COY), a bipartisan group that...
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A Look Ahead Using the Data
As Virginia settles into governing following the flurry of the election season, it will be important for us to look to data to guide the future direction of the commonwealth. Voices executive director...
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Voices Executive Director to Serve on Northam’s Transition Team
Voices for Virginia’s Children celebrates the appointment of our executive director, Margaret Nimmo Holland, to Gov.-elect Ralph Northam’s bipartisan transition team. Northam tapped three other...
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Join us in Richmond for a Screening of “Resilience” 12/4!
Our partners at Greater Richmond SCAN will host a screening of the documentary “Resilience” on Monday, December 4th 6:00- 7:30 PM at The Byrd Theater in Richmond. This short documentary covers the...
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Your support matters
This is an exciting time for Voices! Now, more than ever, Voices for Virginia’s Children is speaking up for kids across the state in variety of ways. One way we expanded our reach efforts this year was...
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