Speaking for Kids, the podcast from Michigan’s Children
Politics
Each month, Speaking for Kids the podcast will bring you a variety of crucial conversations with people making public policy – and the voices of the people impacted by those decisions in Michigan. Our goal will be to help you strengthen your voice to speak up for the changes we need to improve Michigan’s kids' & families' lives. In this and future podcasts, we’ll explore encouraging champions like you to get involved in the issues we’re fighting for. Including child care, early childhood education and development, the child welfare and foster care systems, family supports and kinship care, family supports, the needs of adult learners & family literacy, youths involved in the juvenile justice system, and more.
Location:
United States
Description:
Each month, Speaking for Kids the podcast will bring you a variety of crucial conversations with people making public policy – and the voices of the people impacted by those decisions in Michigan. Our goal will be to help you strengthen your voice to speak up for the changes we need to improve Michigan’s kids' & families' lives. In this and future podcasts, we’ll explore encouraging champions like you to get involved in the issues we’re fighting for. Including child care, early childhood education and development, the child welfare and foster care systems, family supports and kinship care, family supports, the needs of adult learners & family literacy, youths involved in the juvenile justice system, and more.
Language:
English
The New Movement for Equity in School Funding
Duration:00:22:18
Making ‘PreK for All’ Work for All
Duration:00:22:26
Debriefing the Governor’s State of the State Address
Duration:00:30:20
Michigan Capitol Report: What's Ahead in 2024?
Duration:00:29:12
What's Next for Paid Family Medical Leave in Michigan?
Duration:00:24:52
Kinship Care in Michigan: The Case for More Support
Duration:00:33:39
Big Wins in Michigan’s FY24 Budget for Afterschool, Adult Ed, Homeless Youth
Duration:00:32:12
As FY24 State Budget Talks Finalize, Insiders Share What Advocates Should Know
Duration:00:29:09
Students Empowered: Youth Rise Up, Speak Out Against Gun Violence
Duration:00:26:39
How Gov. Whitmer’s Universal PreK Plan Impacts Early Childhood
Duration:00:26:48
Gun Reform is a Children's Issue
Duration:00:21:56
Justice by Geography? Addressing Juvenile Detention
Duration:00:29:24
What’s in Store for Kinship Care in Michigan?
Duration:00:22:07
Change is Coming: Youth and Michigan's Justice System: Michigan's Children's Matt Gillard
Duration:00:33:52
The Business Case for High-Quality Child Care
Duration:00:29:45
Fostering Early Childhood Mental Health: A Timely Talk with Eminent Researcher, Dr. Walter Gilliam
Duration:00:27:18
Tax Reform: Which Plan Works Best for Children, Youth and Families?
Duration:00:25:15
Reforming Kinship Care in Michigan
Duration:00:29:59
What Build Back Better Will Mean for Michigan with Sen. Debbie Stabenow
Duration:00:17:36
Re-imaging Child Welfare: Discussing the Latest Michigan Task Force on Foster Care
Duration:00:36:57