Jared Solomon (Former Staff)

Resources by Jared Solomon

Children’s Budget Coalition 2015 Appropriations

| April 15, 2014 | Letters and Correspondence

Twenty member organizations of the Children’s Budget Coalition signed a letter to House and Senate Appropriators calling for the highest level of investments for children in the Fiscal Year 2015 appropriation bills. Annual appropriations for investments for children are now less than they were in 2007, prior to the Great Recession.

Opposing House Budget Committee 2015 Budget Resolution

| April 10, 2014 | Letters and Correspondence

The First Focus Campaign for Children urges members of the House of Representatives to vote No on the House Continuing Resolution 96, the Fiscal Year 2015 budget as reported by the House Budget Committee. This budget cuts hundreds of billions of dollars in investments for children and will harm child well-being.

Children’s Coalition Urges the Protection of Children in Continuing Resolution

| September 26, 2013 | Letters and Correspondence

The congressional debate over stopgap funding legislation has critical implications for kids, locking in “sequestration” budget levels that harm education, child welfare, child nutrition, and a range of other investments, and jeopardizing the health coverage of millions of children enrolled in the Children’s Health Insurance Program. This letter, signed by 14 of the nation’s leading children’s advocacy organizations, urges Congress to reject the proposal.

ESEA Reauthorization House Floor

| July 18, 2013 | Letters and Correspondence

The Student Success Act (H.R. 5) will reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). While First Focus Campaign for Children supports the effort to reauthorize ESEA, we oppose H.R. 5. This bill does not provide the resources and support needed to ensure that all children, particularly our most disadvantaged, receive an equitable education.

Student Success Act Comments

| June 19, 2013 | Letters and Correspondence

On June 19, 2013, the House Education and the Workforce Committee will consider a proposal for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, commonly referred to as “No Child Left Behind.” This letter to Education and the Workforce Committee members looks at the positives and negatives of the Student Success Act authored by Committee Chairman Representative John Kline.

ESEA Reauthorization to Senate HELP

| June 10, 2013 | Letters and Correspondence

On June 11, 2013, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will consider two different proposals for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, commonly referred to as “No Child Left Behind.” This letter to HELP Committee members looks at the positives and negatives of the Strengthening America’s Schools Act authored by HELP Chairman Senator Tom Harkin and the Every Child Ready for College and Career Act authored by HELP Ranking Member Senator Lamar Alexander.

Kids Need Investments, Not Flexibility

| May 7, 2013 | Letters and Correspondence

This letter was sent to Senators urging them to reject flexibility and undo sequestration. These harmful cuts have resulted in the loss of over $4 billion to investments that matter to children.

Senator’s Praise Children’s Budget Act

| March 29, 2013 | Blog

In the midst of the Senate budget vote-a-rama that occurred before the spring recess, we at the First Focus Campaign for Children were intently listening to a conversation that occurred on the Senate floor between senior Senators about the Children’s Budget Act (CBA). The CBA would require the President’s budget submission to Congress to include a deliberate and full accounting of all the money the Federal Government spends on and for children.

Congressional- Protect Children

| March 15, 2013 | Letters and Correspondence

Representative Danny Davis and 51 other members of the House of Representatives signed a letter asking the President and Congressional leadership to hold kids harmless in pending budget decisions. With votes upcoming on funding the government for the remainder of this year and next, sequestration, and the debt ceiling, kids have a lot at stake.

Congratulations Senator Murray, Senate Budget Committee Chair

| January 10, 2013 | Letters and Correspondence

The First Focus Campaign for Children sent Senator Patty Murray a letter congratulating her new appointment as Chair of the Senate Budget Committee. Recognized by the Campaign for Children as a congressional Champion for Children all three years the honor has been awarded, Senator Murray is a steadfast and passionate advocate for children and families. She is also the first woman to chair this critical committee.