Essential workers making poverty wages
While the state of Arizona is making strides toward increasing teacher pay, one group has been noticeably left behind, early childhood educators. A...
Good ideas that didn't fit the bill
The Arizona legislature set a deadline that any bills that did not receive an initial committee hearing by the end of last...
Healthcare.gov will re-open for a special enrollment period
The Biden administration has announced that it will reopen the federal ACA Marketplace for a special enrollment period in response to the COVID-19...
Urge Senate Education Committee to support SB1376 for Youth Mental Health Programs
More and more states are requiring mental health education in schools as young people are increasingly vulnerable to depression, anxiety,...
Governor Ducey’s proposed budget - The good, the bad and more tax cuts
Last spring when the COVID pandemic began, the legislature passed a basic “skinny budget” so they could rapidly end the...
Latest stimulus bill provides much-needed COVID relief for transition aged foster youth
Thanks to the advocacy of thousands of young leaders throughout the nation, including Fostering Advocates Arizona, the latest federal stimulus package,...
State of the State
This week, the Arizona legislature begins its work for the year at a time when many Arizona children and families...
Brighter days ahead
With the kind of year 2020 has been, the Children’s Action Alliance team and I want to focus on brighter...
It’s time for Arizona to step up for kin, during the pandemic and beyond
Kinship families are the backbone of Arizona’s child welfare system and kinship families are struggling. These two statements have never...