The future of North Carolina – our children I commend The North Carolina Partnership for Children and the Smart Investing Initiative for their work on behalf of our children and appreciate the opportunity to share my thoughts. I look forward to learning more about your initiatives. It will be a pleasure to work with this [...]
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Joe Hackney, long time friend of children, speaks to Early Childhood Issues in response to our Candidates Questionnaire
Speaker Hackney visiting with Julia Vitaro. Thank you for the opportunity to respond. I have been a reliable friend and a believer in early childhood education and Smart Start throughout the time of our legislative initiatives in this area. 1. Affordable Housing. Our best efforts are through the Housing Finance Agency, and the matching [...]
Response to Early Childhood Issues from Congressman David Price, North Carolina’s 4th Congressional District
David Price, speaks out on early childhood and education issues. 1. What can be done to make affordable housing for families a priority? As a member of the Appropriations subcommittee on Transportation Housing and Urban Development, I have supported a broad range of initiatives designed to help families secure affordable housing. In particular the HOPE [...]
Del Turner, School Board Candidate, responds to Early Childhood Issues!
October 21, 2010 PRORITY 1: Basic needs met such as food, shelter and health care What can be done to make affordable housing, ensuring access to food and making awareness of resources for children priorities? Usually, schools and Boards of Education do not intervene in the personal lives of children until they enter compulsory [...]
Sheriff Webster Responds showing his commitment to young children!
October 21, 2010 Priority number 1 addresses access to food and affordable housing. How do we get this information out? One of the main methods our office has to help children in this area is to teach our deputies to be sensitive to the living conditions of the children they come in contact with. We [...]
Commissioner Candidate George Lucier responds to Candidates Questionaire
Partnerships for Children Questionnaire George W Lucier What can be done to make affordable housing for families a priority? Affordable housing is more than just an affordable dwelling. It also means critical components of affordable living such as accessibility to transportation and energy efficiency in homes. I have worked hard to establish an Affordable Housing [...]
Congressman Bob Etheridge First to Respond!
Congressman Bob Etheridge’s Response to Chatham County Partnership for Children Candidate Questionnaire Throughout my time in public service, as a county commissioner, as a member of the state legislature, as North Carolina’s superintendent of public schools, and now as your Representative in Congress, creating a better future for our children has been my top priority. [...]
