Friday, March 17, 2023

Alabama kids: Child care, custody/divorce, nutrition and literacy

By the end of 2022, Alabama had received over $450 million from American Rescue Plan Stabilization Support. The American Rescue Plan is a covid-era economic stimulus package signed by President Biden in early 2021. The money was allocated to over 1,500 child care programs in all but one of the state's 67 counties. The child care centers mostly used the funds to pay their staff, allowing the child care centers to remain open, which in turn allowed parents to return to work. About 90,000 children may have been affected by this funding. (Source: PDF)

Some people say more needs to be done:




Learn also about the child custody process and divorce involving children in Alabama.




Nutrition and literacy:

"Last year the state allocated $1.3 billion to build two new 4,000-bed mega prisons, which included $400 million of COVID-relief funds from the federal government.

Now Ivey wants to spend $100 million for prisons that Alabamians were told they'd already paid for.

Out of money meant for schools."

— Kyle Whitmire, "Alabama governor wants $100 million of school funds for prison construction." AL.com. March 28, 2023.

Alabama Lawmakers Advance Bill That Could Lead To Prosecution Of Librarians: The legislation comes amid a soaring number of book challenges — often centered on LGBTQ content — and efforts in a number of states to ban drag queen story readings. Kim Chandler, AP, Apr 25, 2024

three hungry baby birds in a nest

"‘Please come and see me because I’ll be dead soon’: how Michael Sheen got sucked into a forever chemicals exposé" Daniel Dylan Wray, The Guardian, 24 Jun 2024

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