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Parent Voices
Parent Voices is a parent-run, parent-led grassroots organization fighting to make quaility child care accessible and affordable to all families.We are committed to strengthening the capacity of parents to effectively advocate for their child care concerns. It combines leadership development, advocacy and community organizing in its efforts to increase funding, improve quality, and provide better access to child care.
A project of the California Child Care Resource and Referral Network, Parent Voices is hosted by Child Care Resource and Referral agencies. Currently there are 17 chapters in the following counties: Alameda-Hayward, Alameda-Oakland, Amador,Butte, Calaveras, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Fresno,Los Angeles, Marin, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma.
Parent Voices accomplishes its goals through trainings, regular meetings, special events, media, and participation in the political process. Parents testify before legislative committees, help draft legislation, organize candidate forums, register voters, and encourage scores of other parents to become active in Parent Voices.
To learn more about Parent Voices and their upcoming events, visit their web site at www.parentvoices.org.
To contact Parent Voices, email parentvoices_@rrnetwork.org
Equal Voice Campaign for America's Families
In 2007, Parent Voices joined the Marguerite Casey Foundation's Equal Voice Campaign for America's Families. In coordination with over 200 other grantees from across the country, low wage working families will have to develop a "Working Families Platforms." Parents will have the opportunity to attend town hall meetings to develop their platform.
SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday September 6, 2008 3,000 families including Parent Voices will gather in Los Angeles to adopt a new platform and move it forward to our next President of the USA!
www.equalvoice2008.org
Knowledge is Power-our annual January advocacy training (held regionally in four parts of the state: Oakland, Southern California, Fresno, and Sacramento) informs parents about the Governor’s budget proposals, provides interactive learning about the state budget and legislative process utilizing skits and role plays, and supports parents in developing their ideas and responses to the challenges ahead in the budget/legislative year
Knowledge is Power Agenda for 2008
Bay Area Flyer
Sacramento Flyer
Fresno Flyer
Los Angeles: To be determined
Spanish Fliers
**Tax Credit for Working Families**
The Child Care Resource and Referral Network and Parent Voices are working together with the National Women’s Law Center to promote tax credits for working families. These tax credits can provide tremendous benefits to working families by helping them to make ends meet. Often times work is not enough to lift some families out of poverty. The federal tax refunds, such as the federal Earned Income Credit and Child Tax Credit, help working families pay for housing, food, eduacation, debt reduction and the opportunity to save and increase their assets.It helps lift children and families out of poverty and puts money back into local our local economy.
It is important that the hard working families of Parent Voices and the Network know about and utilize these tax credits. That is why we have teamed up with the National Women’s Law Center to help us provide interested partners with information, fliers, fact sheets and media strategies to get the word out.
- View Tax Credit Outreach Flier
- View Tax Credit Outreach Flier (Spanish)
- View Tax Credit Flier (Chinese)
- View Tax Credit Flier (Vietnamese)
Thank you for your interest. Please visit our website again www.parentvoices.org as new information will be regularly posted. Please contact Mary Ignatius should you have any questions or need additional information at 415.882.0234 or email mignatius@rrnetwork.org
Parent Voices in the News
Oakland Tribune "Parents, caregivers protest state budget impasse in Oakland" Aug. 21, 2007
Los Angeles Times. "Rallies magnify the shortage in child care" May 4,2007
InsideBayArea.com "Parents seek state help with child care" April 24,2007
Save the Date! Come Celebrate our 10th annual Stand for Children Day Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 in Sacramento!
RELEVANT ARTICLES
"Parents rally for more child care funds" Children's Advocate September-October 2007
"Organización de base dirigida por madres y padres lucha por el cuidado du niños asequible y de calidad para todos" Septiembre-Octubre 2007 del periódico Defensor de los Niños
"Feeling the Strength" Children's Advocate July-August 2007
"Me Sentí Fuerte" Julio-Agosto 2007 del periódico Defensor de los Niños
"Making this Crisis Real" Children's Advocate March-April 2007
"Haciendo real esta Crisis" Marzo-Abril 2007 del periódico Defensor de los Niños
"Knowledge is Power: Coming Soon" Children's Advocate January-February 2007
"El conocimiento es poder: Próximamente " el número de Enero-Febrero 2007 del periódico Defensor de los Niños
"Paid sick leave may be next big cause" November 17, 2006 CNNMoney.com
"She was like a new child." Children's Advocate November-December 2006
“Era como una niña nueva.” Noviembre-Diciembre 2006 del periódico Defensor de los Niños
Parenthood widens his world: In InnerView, single dad Mitchell White learns about support, and lends a hand too. The Chico Enterprise Record July-06
Celebrating our 10th anniversary! Children's Advocate July-August 06
Celebrando nuestro 10º aniversario Julio-Agosto 2006 del periódico Defensor de los Niños
When Opting Out is Not an Option. Bay Area Business Woman June-2006
Fighting to keep their child care. Childrens Advocate May 2006
Hardworking mother's case for state aid. San Jose Mercury News January 2006
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