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Proposed SNAP cuts will harm working families in Monroe County

August 7, 2019 Blog Posts Featured Federal Income Supports Pete Nabozny

The Trump administration recently issued a proposed rule that would remove food assistance from millions of Americans by making them ineligible to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits (formerly…

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Why Monroe County’s child care co-pay improvements are so important to working families in our community

July 11, 2019 Blog Posts Child Care Featured Income Supports Pete Nabozny

How will Monroe County’s decision to lower child care co-pays change what working families will have to pay for child care? Pete Nabozny, Director of Policy for The Children's Agenda,…

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Monroe County child care victory for children and low-income families

July 9, 2019 Blog Posts Child Care Early Childhood Featured

Reducing the County’s requirement to pay 35% of income above poverty down to 25% is an important step in the right direction of affordability and quality care.

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Community Statement in support of a 15% across the board rate increase for all Preschool Special Education services

June 10, 2019 Blog Posts Child Care Developmental Services Early Childhood

We call on County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo to instruct the Monroe County Department of Health to publish a new Preschool Special Education rate structure that establishes a 15% increase in…

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The importance of using words ending in “ism” and “ist”

April 26, 2019 Blog Posts Monroe County Our Posts Racial Equity Larry Marx

As a white man, I understand the further situations are from my personal responsibility, the easier it is to call things what they are -- almost as if it’s a…

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A Cal-Mum Case Study: County Lines and Child Care Costs

March 18, 2019 Blog Posts Child Care Our Posts Pete Nabozny

Without assistance, the cost of child care can be so great that it makes little financial sense for a parent with young children to work.

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