Tagged With "ACR"

Child advocates across the State of California are working on the passage of Assembly Concurrent Resolution 140 (ACR 140) authored by Assembly Member Mark Stone (D-Monterey Bay). The initiative seeks to designate January 2020 as Positive Parenting Awareness Month across the state and build upon the county-level proclamations that have spread from Santa Cruz County where it was conceived and launched 8 years ago. Positive parenting is a known remedy for the public health problem of child...

Thanks for this. How do we add our organizations to the signatories?

Thank you for asking! Locally the process has been to work with county Board of Supervisors' staffers to prepare the resolution documents; from there, it's possible for stakeholders to attend Board meetings to voice their support when their respective resolution is on the Board's agenda. At the state level, the process does not include a public comment, but letters of support to your state lawmakers can make a difference and ultimately raise awareness. Our lawmakers need our help in...