July 31, 2010 | Sacramento Bee
The Sacramento City Council meeting of Tuesday, July 20 was a losing night for the youth of Sacramento. Politics and process trumped the needs of Sacramento youth. The city is currently dismantling the Office of Youth Development; funds for school attendance centers are being cut, and other vital services have disappeared. This fiscal crisis has been increasing over the past two years. The Youth Jobs and Opportunity Act would raise $4.3 million to meet this need. Failure by the City Council to place this measure on the November ballot last week means a delay in addressing this problem.
May 13, 2010 | Fox 40 News
Carmichael, CA-Over 200 members of Congregation Beth Shalom and other local Sacramento congregations will gather Wednesday at 6:30pm to demonstrate broad support for improving the foster care youth system and urge Sen. Darrell Steinberg to take action on two key strategies. Sen. Steinberg’s District Director, Susan McKee, will be present to respond to community members’ concerns. Congregants are particularly concerned about the plight of emancipating foster care youth in California.
January 19, 2010 | Sacramento Bee
A collection of youth advocates and elected officials announced today they are working to place an initiative on the November ballot for city of Sacramento voters that would generate nearly $5 million a year for youth development programs.
September 08, 2009 | Sacramento Bee
Under signs stating "Protect our families" and "We contribute to America," several hundred people marched Saturday through downtown Sacramento, urging President Barack Obama to make good on his campaign promise of comprehensive immigration reform.
September 02, 2009 | Sacramento News & Review
Sacramento Area Congregations Together, or ACT, a faith-based nonprofit organization, is working with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento to provide services to immigrant parishioners through its Immigration Support Network.
August 19, 2009 | News 10, Sacramento
On August 19, 2009, 140,000 leaders from ACT, PICO and other groups joined Pres. Obama on a conference call to talk about health care reform. We received coverage locally of this call and Sally Smith, ACT Leader from Trinity, was interviewed. Check out the link above to read the story and watch the news clip.
May 03, 2009 | Sacramento Bee
A top California gambling official told 300 Southeast Asians on Saturday that services for problem gamblers in their native languages could be in place by September.
November 16, 2008 | ABC News
Born with a digestive problem, little Tadd Sexton needed three surgeries and relied on a state-funded health insurance program called Healthy Families to make him all better.
October 26, 2008 | Sacramento Bee
While other area teens spent Saturday – a brilliant fall day – playing video games, sports or hanging with friends, Aarron Bean and Charquice Sanders pounded the pavement for democracy. The two Luther Burbank High School students' mission: Get out the vote.
May 18, 2008 | Sacramento Bee
According to the Office of Youth Development, the city of Sacramento has more than 850 gang members. Each month the police identify an additional 30 youths as gang members. At the rate we are going, we will have more than 1,000 identified gang members in the city by the end of the year.
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