RESILIENCE Through the Eyes of a Child, Tuesday, October 25
Thank you to all our sponsors and attendees for their support of our mission! Children’s Action Alliance is proud to honor amazing community members and elected officials who support children and families. 2022 HONOREES Horace Steele Child Advocacy Award Honoree SHAWN PEARSON, Founder of Zion Institute…
FAAZ is looking for youth to join its Young Adult Leadership Board
Request Information Form Here Fostering Advocates Arizona (FAAZ) is seeking new members for its Young Adult Leadership Board! FAAZ is a community of young leaders with lived experience in foster care who connect other young adults leaving care with the information, resources, and support they need to…
THIS WEEKEND: Help Save Our Schools Stop Voucher Expansion
As the 2022 Legislative session ended, lawmakers passed a massive expansion of Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA Vouchers). ESA Vouchers take funds that would have gone to public schools and gives parents who opt out of those schools a debit card that can be used to pay for educational expenses including…
Save Home Visiting
The early childhood community celebrates a huge win in the Arizona state budget! The final version of the budget invests $10 million dollars to fill the funding gap and expand the Healthy Families Arizona (HFAz) home visiting program. HFAz is designed to help expectant and new parents get their children…
Abortion is More Than Health Care
Children’s Action Alliance envisions an Arizona where all children and families can thrive. We cannot stay silent about today’s decision by the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn Roe v. Wade. Today’s decision will not stop abortion in our state – not for those with resources. But…
Win for Prop 208 and the Voters of Arizona
PRESS STATEMENT June 23, 2022 $800 Million in New Ongoing Funding for Public Education is a Win for Prop 208 and the Voters of Arizona (PHOENIX, AZ) When nearly 1.7 million Arizona voters passed Proposition 208 in November 2020 they sent a clear message that they wanted to substantially increase…
Budget Proposal Shortchanges Arizona Children and Families
The Arizona legislature is considering a new state budget proposal this week as they seek to avoid a state government shutdown with only 8 days remaining before the deadline. While we wish we could praise this budget proposal for including some new investments that we have been seeking for many years,…
Operation: Affordable Healthcare
Any toddler will tell you that a band-aid can fix most problems – but really big boo-boos need really big solutions. That’s why we’re launching Operation: Affordable Healthcare, a campaign to help heal the American healthcare system. The mission? Access to affordable, high-quality healthcare...
May is National Foster Care Month: 5 Ways to Show Your Support
May is National Foster Care Month! CAA and its partner Fostering Advocates Arizona (FAAZ), a group of policy advocates with lived expertise, are using the month to raise awareness about the needs of transition-age foster youth. Here are 5 things you can do to help! Read and share the Presidential…