House adopts fatherhood engagement bill with amendments to restore licenses and provide program supports HCS HB1948, a fatherhood engagement grant program modeled on similar efforts in other states, was adopted as amended; supporters said it aims to remove barriers to father involvement, while opponents questioned government’s role and urged departmental review of TANF/child support impacts.

Missouri's House just greenlit a groundbreaking fatherhood engagement program aimed at reconnecting dads with their kids—could this be the change families need?

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County presents expanded children's budget inventory and plans for standardized outcomes; committee agrees to less frequent updates Office of Children & Families Policy presented a countywide expansion of programmatic data for the FY25‑26 children's budget (283 programs). Staff outlined standardization work to align program definitions, capture contract and FTE data, and develop population‑level outcome measures; the committee voted to receive the report and to change updates to twice yearly.

The latest children's budget reveals a staggering 283 programs countywide, sparking calls for more impactful measurement of child outcomes rather than just outputs.

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80 million more children benefiting from school meals, WFP reports School meals are a crucial way out of poverty into “a new world of learning and opportunity,” according to the World Food Programme (WFP) executive director Cindy McCain.

80 million more children benefiting from school meals, WFP reports

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Pump It Up! SIP 4th annual vitrual conference, elevation voices and belonging. Featured Breakout: Digging into your child outcomes data DRDP. With presenters Elizabeth Schroeder, Project Director, DR Access Project, and Cornelia Taylor, Research Director, DR Access Project

Digging Into Your Child Outcomes Data (DRDP) w/ Elizabeth Schroeder & Cornelia Taylor
May 8, 10:30 - 11:30 am
sip2025.vfairs.com

Join an interactive session to analyze your local Indicator 7 child outcomes data for your SELPA or district.

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This podcast discusses "challenges within this complex, large-scale #evaluation and ways that the evaluation team has been working to overcome those challenges"
#MEL #MandE #ChildOutcomes #ComplexSystems #ContributionAnalysis