All For Kids provides trusted input to policymakers and connects communities with resources to inspire local engagement. Our collaborative efforts transform the policy landscape to build momentum around more prevention and increased child well-being.
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Click here to read the February 2025 Advocacy Corner
All For Kids publishes an annual Policy Agenda detailing a slate of bills and budget positions designed to prevent abuse and nurture child well-being. Click here for more information
All For Kids typically serves as a strategic connector, providing communities with resources to inspire local engagement. But with medical care and mental health services for millions of California children at risk, we are taking advocacy a step further. Our agency is joining with a statewide coalition urging Congress to reject any major cuts to Medicaid, which is known in California as Medi-Cal.
Expert analysis on how up to $880 billion in cuts would impact our most vulnerable children can be found here and here.
For more information about the All For Kids Advocacy Program, visit allforkids.org/advocacy.
Lifting our voices with allies, our agency protected vital programs we provide such as:
We also successfully fought for services outside our direct scope, including:
More details on budget implications for California’s children can be found here.
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Every two years, voters get a chance to choose who will lead our local, state, and national governments, and to directly impact specific issues through the ballot initiative process. All For Kids has no position about the candidates people vote for or the decisions they make on ballot measures. But we do ask everyone to get out and vote!
Please check-out our California Voter Resource Center for details on all the days, ways and reasons to vote.
