Posts Tagged ‘#ParentalRights’
House Hearing on CAPTA – Good News?
The U.S. House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Resources held a hearing on Tuesday, March 26, regarding efforts to reauthorize CAPTA—the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. While we were not able to get onto the witness list, our D.C. liaison Maggie McKneely was on hand for most of the hearing in person. I…
Read MoreCAPTA Coalition to Offer Testimony
The newly formed House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services will meet on Tuesday, March 26, to discuss CAPTA reauthorization. CAPTA is the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the vehicle by which the federal government grants money to states if they will follow federal guidelines regarding child welfare organizations. What’s the Rush? We…
Read MoreReport on the HELP Committee Hearing on Vaccines
Note: This week’s newsletter is an eye-witness report from Federal Relations Liaison Maggie McKneely. Here’s Maggie: The well-publicized measles outbreaks In Washington, New York, and Texas have inflamed the debate over vaccines. In recent months, we’ve seen a number of states introduce legislation that would either partially or entirely remove vaccine exemptions. California Congressman Adam…
Read MoreGreat News!!
Dear Champion of Parental Rights – I received word Wednesday night that the Oklahoma State Senate passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 (SCR 1), which calls for the US Congress to support the Parental Rights Amendment! On Thursday the resolution moved to the Oklahoma State House of Representatives. I will keep you posted on its progress,…
Read MoreBipartisan Coalition Letter to Protect Parental Rights
Dear Champion of Parental Rights, This morning United Family Advocates, the bipartisan coalition with whom we are working on family law reforms, put our finishing touches on a letter to Congress outlining things we hope to add and to avoid in the upcoming re-authorization of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA). The 16-page…
Read MoreParental Rights Amendment Introduced Today!
Dear Champion of Parental Rights, Rep. Jim Banks (IN-3) is introducing the Parental Rights Amendment in the U.S. House today, joined by fifteen cosponsors. Maggie McKneely is ParentalRights.org’s federal relations liaison on Capitol Hill. “Despite the negative, partisan atmosphere in DC right now,” Maggie reports, “the Parental Rights Amendment has garnered a lot of positive…
Read MoreMandatory Home Visits Coming to Oregon?
Dear Champion of Parental Rights, Are the headlines true? Are universal mandatory home visits coming to Oregon in the near future? At first read, it appears Oregon Governor Kate Brown’s latest budget proposal would introduce over the next six years a program of mandatory in-home visits for every family with a newborn child. Not just…
Read MoreSpecial Request: Create Awareness with a Few Clicks
7/20 Update: The FB frame can also be accessed by visiting www.facebook.com/profilepicframes and search for #ParentalRights, or clicking on www.facebook.com/fbcameraeffects/tryit/2032291900365085/ to send the frame to your mobile device so you can add it to a picture there. Dear Parental Rights Supporter, You have probably seen them before: those little frames or badges around someone’s Facebook…
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