Bold Voices Blog

22 Oct Federal Government Shutdown Negotiations at Standstill as Child Nutrition Benefits Remain at Risk

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(October 22, 2025) Spending negotiations to end the government shutdown failed to advance for the third week as the Senate version...

21 Oct Shining a Light: Advocating for Our Most Vulnerable Students This National Homeless Children’s Awareness Month

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(October 21, 2025) October is National Homeless Children’s Awareness Month, a crucial time to spotlight the immense challenges faced by children...

26 Sep End of Healthcare Tax Credits Set to Make Big Impact on Cost of Coverage and Increase Uninsured Rate

Posted at 15:01h in Bold Voices

(September 26, 2025) Children are more likely to remain insured while their parents are insured, making it essential to advocate for...

26 Sep Washington Moves Closer and Closer to a Shutdown

Posted at 14:44h in Bold Voices

(September 26, 2025) As we get closer to the October 1 deadline for a complete federal appropriations package to be finalized,...

22 Aug National Summer Learning Week in Allegheny County

Posted at 12:23h in Bold Voices

(August 22, 2025) National Summer Learning Week, a nationally recognized initiative dedicated to elevating the importance of summer learning to keep...

05 Aug One Big, Brutal Disaster for SNAP

Posted at 14:24h in Bold Voices

(August 5, 2025) This Bold Voices blog post was written by one of Allies for Children’s partners about a subject that...

22 Jul State Budget Impasse Continues

Posted at 15:48h in Bold Voices

(July 22, 2025) Lately so much of the focus has been on the federal side of things, however, now that the...

22 Jul Federal Funding for Education Programs Frozen

Posted at 15:35h in Bold Voices

(July 22, 2025) UPDATE 7/28/25: Education funding has been unfrozen - read more at EducationWeek In recent weeks, the Trump Administration has...

22 Jul Federal School Voucher Program Enacted

Posted at 15:26h in Bold Voices

(July 22, 2025) Earlier in July when the "One Big Beautiful Bill" was passed not only did it make significant reductions...

14 Jul Reconciliation Wrap-up

Posted at 15:10h in Bold Voices

(July 14, 2025) On July 3rd, Congress passed, and the President signed, H.R.1., also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill...