External link for First 5 Marin Children and Families Commission
Parents should talk to their pediatrician about any concerns about vaccinations.
"Parental requests to delay vaccines, which some pediatricians are declining, have jumped since the COVID-19 pandemic, as politicization of and misinformation about that vaccine have seeped into discussions about routine childhood vaccinations." READ MORE in The Los Angeles Times--
First 5 Marin is making ONE MILLION DOLLARS available in community grants (for proposals benefitting children prenatal-to-5 and their families in Marin ). The application and lots of resources can be found on our website at www.First5Marin.org.
QUESTION: How would YOU spend $1 million on Marin County kids and their families? We want to know! (To learn more about our new RFP process-- and how to APPLY for part of that million dollars-- visit our website: www.First5Marin.org.)
Investing in children is investing in Marin.
READ ALL ABOUT IT: The Return on Investing in Children "Analysts estimate that long-term, some programs can return $10 for each dollar invested in children." -- The Urban Institute
“We still expect women to do the unpaid labor that our societies are built on the backs of, and our economies are built on the backs of,” French Gates, No. 10 on this year’s list of the World’s Most Powerful Women, told Forbes in an exclusive conversation. “We have got to solve the caregiving-problems crisis around the world.”
Without the CHILD TAX CREDIT, it's the children who will suffer with a "huge increase in poverty" across California.
“The end of the pandemic-era investments in the Child Tax Credit and other federal policies that help families make ends meet led to a huge increase in poverty in 2022 in California,” via Alissa Anderson. ⚡ Read more: https://lnkd.in/gBDC_P-u
The First 5 Marin Children and Families Commission is meeting TODAY at 5:30. Join us at 1050 Northgate Drive in San Rafael.
THANKS to Steven Torrence, the Director of the Marin County Office of Emergency Management, for this Marin Voice reminding us to CONNECT with neighbors for community preparedness.
Left untreated, children’s mental health issues become adult mental health issues.
(Kids’ health spending increased because kids’ mental health NEEDS increased during the pandemic…)