In the News

• Why Focus on Childhood Obesity?
  11-04-2008
  Shawn joins in the fight to focus the community's attention on the crisis of childhood obesity.
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• Building Support for a Family-Strengthening Agenda
  05-11-2008
  Town Councils and municipal officials from across the United States are uniquely positioned to raise their community's sights, set ambitious goals, and encourage all key stakeholdes to work together to make their town a better place for its families.
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• REAL ID is a burden on ME!
  05-10-2008
  REAL ID another unnecessary and unfunded mandate.
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• Putting Families at the Center of Town Decisions
  04-15-2008
  Family strengthening is both a fundamental policy goal and an essential lens through which to view all of the policy choices town leaders make.
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• Funding for Community Development Block Grants
  04-10-2008
  The Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) program is the federal government's largest and most flexible source of funding provided to local governments to revitalize neighborhoods, eliminate blight, increase affordable housing stock, create jobs, and generate new economic investment.
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• Thrifty Production Vouchers Assist in Affordable Housing Initiatives
  03-12-2008
  Thrifty Production Vouchers: A Cost Effective Way to Produce Housing and Reach Extremely Low-Income Tenants
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• Municipal Broadband Required for Thriving Community
  03-10-2008
  Access to high speed broadband Internet services is an essential element for a thrivng local economy.
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