We saw some strong progress on Stand priorities at the Capitol last week, friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pace was fast and furious all week, with a deadline spurring legislators to act at the committee level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The good news? Bills to help fix our state\u2019s literacy crisis and eliminate juvenile court fees and fines progressed out of committee and moved one step closer to passage.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We couldn\u2019t have done this without you! Last week, advocates submitted nearly 800 witness slips in support of these bills<\/strong>, a strong signal to Springfield that these are priorities with deep support across the state. Around 1,000 emails went to legislators<\/strong> in support of our priority issues, another sign of the support from advocates standing up for children and families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A quick update on where things stand:<\/p>\n\n\n\n We will keep you posted as things continue to move in Springfield. Get ready for more advocacy opportunities to keep up the growing momentum on our legislative priorities!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you for your partnership and support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We saw some strong progress on Stand priorities at the Capitol last week, friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","color_schema":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,32,42,54],"tags":[62,66,68,78],"class_list":["post-1528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-civic-action","category-early-childhood-literacy","category-legislation","category-youth-justice","tag-civic-action","tag-early-childhood-literacy","tag-legislation","tag-youth-justice"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n