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Yvette McGee Brown (born 1960) became the first African-American female justice on the Ohio Supreme Court when she took office on January 1, 2011. [1] She was the founding president of the Center for Child and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Children's Hospital, and was a judge of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas for nine years.
Child advocacy centers (CAC) provide a child-friendly, safe and neutral location in which law enforcement and Child Protective Services investigators may conduct and observe forensic interviews with children who are alleged victims of crimes, and where the child and non-offending family members receive support, crisis intervention and referrals for mental health and medical treatment.
The Family Movement, [1] also known in the past as the Parent Movement, is an arm of the disability rights movement, a larger social movement. The Family Movement advocates for the economic and social rights of family members with a disability .
Advocacy groups have spent years fighting for paid family leave for mothers of stillborn children. In New York, legislation was introduced to fix that, but this summer the legislative fight stalled.
Emphasis on the family continued in 1981 with the first Family Advocacy Program and the first Army Family Symposium. [5] With the publication in 1983 of Army Chief of Staff General John A. Wickham Jr's White Paper, the Army Family, the integral support role of Soldiers' families was acknowledged. The development of Gen. Wickham's White Paper ...
For years, television networks have vetoed advocacy ads created by the likes of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and MoveOn.org from airing in the Super Bowl. The reason? The ads ...
Family Promise (formerly National Interfaith Hospitality Network) is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the United States, founded by Karen Olson in 1988. Family Promise [1] primarily serves families with children who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, with the mission of "help[ing] homeless and low-income families achieve sustainable independence through a community-based ...
Over the past two years the VIP has built and renovated over 50,000 square feet (4,600 m 2) creating the S. Mark Taper Family Advocacy Center and the Santana House as a campus of services for children and families impacted by violence. This expanded space made it possible to expand HUB services and the creation of the Los Angeles County Elder ...