29 May
Welcome, Express Credit Union, a credit union designed specifically to help the poor and others who don’t trust banks avoid check-cashing fees and payday lenders. Express Credit Union opens today, May 30! And instead of having often-inconvenient branches, the credit union is coming to the people. One branch will even be located just above [...]
19 May
Washington is in the upper half of the list of states – which, in this case, is a dubious achievement. We rank 18th in the nation for highest child hunger rates for children under 5. Even more alarmingly, we rank 12th for children under 18. Our rates are approaching 20%! Please consider supporting your local [...]
19 May
Washington State has applied for and received a grant to determine efficacy of its school lunch program, especially for nutritionally at-risk students.
Release No. 0158.09.
19 May
more about “Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, Champi…“, posted with vodpod
18 May
Here’s an inspiring story on Tony Geraci and the Baltimore Public Schools. Together, they’ve begun several greenhouse farms to incubate plants for Baltimore schools’ own gardens. Then they will grow produce to serve in restaurants – giving the kids a first-hand look at food issues and how food gets to their forks. Moreover, Geraci’s [...]
18 May
Did you know that FamilyWorks likes Teeter-Totters? Neither did we. But we do. We like this one, anyway. Thanks to Seattle Weekly for its photo of the day. And no, this isn’t FamilyWorks’ building, but we just thought it would be nice to lighten your day a little bit. Oh yeah – one of our [...]
16 May
This probably comes as no surprise to you if you’ve benefited from state or federal aid, or if you work in the human services, or if you are familiar with the programs. ProgramS? Yes. Each state has different requirements, regulations, and amounts of aid available to its residents. Furthermore, many of those programs don’t [...]
15 May
Well, this is one response (courtesy of Mill Creek High School) to food security and hunger issues in America. We think this might be a good idea to spice up our FamilyWorks staff meetings. What do you think? Oh wait – of course we don’t condone food waste OR violence, so I guess that [...]
14 May
One Oregon high school has just approved (albeit narrowly) a measure to reduce its teen pregnancy rate (currently at least 14/300) by allowing the public health department to write prescriptions for birth control to students on-site. Students will not need parental consent to obtain a prescription; however, their parents *will* be notified once those prescriptions [...]
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