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Children’s Alliance names
Walsh ‘Champion for Children’
Rep. Maureen Walsh,
R-Walla Walla, has been named one of the Legislature’s “Champions for
Children” by the Seattle-based Children’s Alliance.
Walsh was cited for her efforts to secure passage of a bill this session
establishing an early learning advisory council and creating a child
care quality rating and improvement system.
“What we are trying to do is to provide parents with clear and
easy-to-find information about the quality of child care and early
education programs available to them,” Walsh said. “We want to improve
the quality of early learning programs in our state and help our kids to
get better prepared for school.”
The advisory council will work with the state’s Department of Early
Learning, created by the Legislature in 2006. The council will have 25
members including legislators, state agency officials, parents and
experts in areas such as children with disabilities, day care providers
and K-12 education.
The Children’s Alliance cited 17 legislators for their work this year on
children’s issues. The Alliance is a statewide public policy advocacy
organization that works to ensure that children have the things they
need to thrive. In addition to early learning, the Alliance is actively
engaged in health care, nutrition and foster care issues.
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For more information, contact:
Tom Henry, Information Officer: (360) 786-7698
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