Detroit
IT lOY 3 w ks until
we begin a new ntury. What
will matt r most to the ecurity
and stability of our nation in the
year 2000 and in years to come,
is whether we took teps to pre
pare our children and protect
our families.
The Children's Initiative is
half in and half out and time is
getting hort! The Hou ays
yes, the Senate ys no, and you
need to tell both YES!
The Childhood Immunization
Initiative provide free vaccin
to children who are uninsured or
underinsur ; allows tates to
save money by bulk purchasing
vaccines; and reminds parents
when to immunize their chil-
- dren.
Family Preservation and sup
port provid early intervention
to at-risk children and families;
prevents child abuse and neglect
before it occurs and improves
the quality of ervioes for chil
dren in foster care.
The Mickey Leland Child
hood Hunger Relief Act helps
feed hungry children by increas
ing a family's food tamp allow
ance by factoring in high
housing costs (as elderly and dis
abled families already do).
A D THE EARNED I -
OM Credit (EIC) lifts work
ing famili out of poverty by
raising eligibility for the tax
credit to $26,000 for a family of
four; increasing the maximum
EIC payment $3,000; and pro-
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Initi tive, th Ho
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The S nate-
tly w k th immuni -
tion initiativ and provid no
funding to immuniz even on
additional child beyond th e
currently eligible for Medicaid.
The House- ed v ion of
the Children' Initiati pack-
a provid money to upply
f vaecin to 4.6 million poor
and middle-income children
who are insured or wh h lth
insuranc doesn't cover hots.
The Senate- version pro
vid no money for vaccin be
yond funding for the children
who are currently eligible
through Medicaid.
Parents also need education
and support if we are to prevent
the alarming incidence of abuse
and neglect, the removal of chil
dren from homes, and escalating
of out-of-home care.
Manatl Wri ht Ed lman i Presui t
of 1M Children " fen � Fund. a IlG-
tional uoi for cluldren,
THE CRI IS FACING
families and child protection
agencie continues to worsen.
Just last year, 2.9 million chil
dren, an average of about 8,000
a day, were reported abu ed and
neglected, alm t thr time as
many in 1980.
More than thr children a
day died from abuse or neglect.
Child protection agencies and
courts are both overloaded. The
House-pas eel family preserva
tion and support provisions
would begin to provide the help
parents and children so urgently
need. -
Time is of the esse . Please
help keep our childre s needs
from getting lost in e budget
shuffle. Call or wri your Rep-
resentati and Se or to Pass
The H se fThe Chil-
dren's . iati <
You can writ Repre-
sentative at the U.S. H use of
Representatives, Washi gton .
D.C. 20515.
You can write to your Senator
at the U.S. Senate, Washington,
D.C, 20510. Or you can call the
Capital Switchboard at (202) .
224-3121 to reach all House and
Senate offices .:
THE MESSAGE: "Children
and families benefit more from
the House's version of the Chil
dren's Initiative. Please ensure
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hare what they have learn d.
The raining conference will
take place at the Engineering
Society of Detroit (Woodward
and Farnsworth) on Augus 23-
25 from 9 a.m. to 4 pm. Trans
portation will be av ilabl .'
Th conf r nc i ponsor
y the D troit Urban Lee gue
nd ighborhood ervi De
p rtment of the City of Detroit
To r gis er. contact Damita
Dorsette, Coordinator, Proj
5"000, Health and Substanc
Abus Progr m, Tel. 863-0300,
Ext. 228.
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