TY Julie Casimiro @darldarling_allen Beth Lemme-Bixby NCSL Leaders for Child Welfare/Child Well-Being summit w/Impt keynote David A. Hansell CaseyFamilyPrograms to shift focus to prevention/community based supports +Inspiring remarks by former foster youth Andrew Lanni and Sylvia Parrott

Thank you for coming Joe Shekarchi & for your leadership on children and families!

At today’s #RIStrollongThunder Alison Weber PhD student Brown University School of Public Health was @ RI State House with her daughter (one of RI’s littlest advocates) to advocate for equitable policies to support parents, babies & toddlers
@ PLEE RIght from the Start RI KIDS COUNT RIAEYC ZERO TO THREE 🎉

.Brown University School of Public Health Health Services Research Seminar speaker Dr. Rena Conti Boston University (on right) gave a great & timely talk on US Public Health & Prescription Drugs - here with her Brown University School of Public Health colleague Kaley Hayes, PharmD, PhD Kaley Hayes 🎉

#RIStrolling Thunder happening right now at RI State House w/parents & babies & toddlers here to advocate for smart policies that will help RI lead the way w/strong start for littlest Rhode Islanders @RIghStartRI RI KIDS COUNT RIAEYC @ PLEE Rhode Island House of Representatives Rhode Island Senate @ZERTOTHREE

Couldn’t say it any better!

#StrollingThunderRI RIght from the Start

Thank you!

Yes! Let’s get the #ChildTaxCredit passed!! ⁦Sheldon Whitehouse⁩ #RIFactbook

Congratulations to RI KIDS COUNT Factbook team Paige Clausius-Parks Stephanie Geller Kaitlyn Rabb MPH Kelsey Bala Jessica Vega Leanne Barrett Katy Jennifer Waring Capaldo &Michaela Scalia Carroll for the 2024 #RIFactbook - will inform policy & advocacy for equitable policies to improve outcomes🎉

“For a full generation we’ve been taking stock in how our kids are doing, and we owe it to them to make sure that their children have better chances and opportunities to succeed.” Paige Clausius-Parks RI KIDS COUNT PBN pbn.com/kids-count-eco… via PBN

38% of Latino children are living in poverty.

Read that again. And again.

The policy & budget choices government makes every year matters. This - and so many other data points that RI KIDS COUNT highlights are unacceptable.

The road ahead is long but the kids are worth it.

Members of the House attended today's RI KIDS COUNT Factbook release breakfast.

Speaker Joe Shekarchi noted in his remarks that the Factbook serves as valuable reference data for policy makers every year. Legislators participating in the event's program were asked to comment on…

What a meaningful way to celebrate 30 years! TY for inspiring us then and now (and all the years in between) Donnell, and TY for all you do Danette!

Seriously- does advocacy get any cuter? Congress let’s not just smile at these adorable children- let’s #ThinkBabies and act to build strong futures for them & their families. #StrollingThunder ZERO TO THREE RI KIDS COUNT RIght from the Start

#StrollingThunder @ nation’s Capitol is an inspiring event sponsored ZERO TO THREE w/little advocates in strollers & parents swarming Congressional offices to say why investments in babies & toddlers are so important. Great photos Paige Clausius-Parks FYI RI Strolling Thunder is May 9!

ICYMI great Ocean State Stories Q & A with Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH Brown University School of Public Health interviewed G. Wayne Miller

.Rhode Island Senate Educ Summit Desiree Delgado-Pedraza gave inspiring remarks/call to action “It meant the world to me that my 7th grade teacher CF Schools believed in me.” She’s Rhode Island College 2 be middle school science MLL teacher & is Dir Community Engagement 4 education Mayor Maria Rivera 🎉

Great Providence Journal op-ed Alison Weber PhD candidate Brown University School of Public Health RI was 3rd state in nation to pass paid family leave in 2013 but has fallen behind w/only 6 weeks-needs to expand to 12 weeks like MA & CT & all other states w/paid family leave except 1.RI has fewest

providencejournal.com/story/opinion/…

Ditto! Great event! Some words that stood out were “expression, confidence, & community w/in a community.” Let’s get these bills passed! Expanding dual language programs & increasing the pipeline of bilingual & world language educators. Visit Coalition for a Multilingual RI for all the details

Linda Goler Blount Pres/CEO of Black Womens Health Imperative (3rd fr left) gave important talk Brown University School of Public Health Epidemiology on barriers to health promoting policies/research for Black women w/ (L-R) Danielle Perry, Petranea Smith, Corban Jackson, Vivian Uzoechi, Laini Tuboku-Metzger