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MONTGOMERY — Alabama was one of 14 states that declined to participate in a federal program that gives summer food assistance to low-income families with school age children, prompting advocates
Speakers at a public hearing Wednesday on the proposed 2025 Education Trust Fund budget urged lawmakers to include more money for summer meal programs, and reconsider cuts to the Alabama Public Library Service (APLS). The proposed 2025 ETF, sponsored by House Ways and Means Education Committee Chair Danny Garrett, R-Trussville, will allocate about $9.3 billion […] The post Speakers urge Alabama lawmakers to fund Summer EBT, restore library funds appeared first on Alabama Reflector.
Alabama ranked 45th overall among U.S. states for childhood well-being, the same rank as the previous year, according to the latest Kids Count Data Book. “For years, we have discussed how the face of our state continues changing – we are aging and growing more diverse,” wrote VOICES for Alabama’s Children Executive Director Rhonda Mann […] The post Kids Count report: Alabama still 45th in childhood well-being appeared first on Alabama Reflector.
Amid job cuts and an alleged lack of transparency, faculty have repeatedly registered their discontent with President Janet Steinmayer. But will it change anything? Frustrated by job cuts and an alleged lack of transparency from administrators, faculty at Lesley University cast a vote of no confidence in President Janet Steinmayer last month for the third time in as many years.
A strategic plan aimed at addressing critical challenges facing child care providers, families, children and employers in Alabama was revealed in a news release by a collaborative partnership …