An annual fundraiser for our sister organization, Family Forward Oregon, Dance Like a Mother 2025 is the dance party of the year. This year’s theme is Homecoming Dance Party Fundraiser Extravaganza! WHEN: Saturday, November 8, 2025 from 6:30pm – 9:30pmWHERE: Holocene, 1001 Southeast Morrison Street, Portland, OR 97214WHY: With recent attacks on our collective futures — from cuts… Read more »
El 12 de septiembre, nos enteramos que un tribunal de apelaciones permitió que la administración de Trump bloqueara los fondos de Medicaid para Planned Parenthood mientras continúan con desafíos legales adicionales. Es desalentador ver que el tribunal de apelaciones permita que los esfuerzos de la administración de Trump bloqueen la financiación de Medicaid para Planned… Read more »
On September 12, we learned that an appeals court allowed the Trump administration to block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood while additional legal challenges carry on. It is disheartening to see the appeals court enable the Trump administration’s efforts to block Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, and we are deeply concerned by this administration’s continued… Read more »
Lo siguiente es una actualización sobre la demanda presentada en abril con la ACLU para proteger el acceso a Head Start para todas las familias. Un juez otorga una orden judicial preliminar que bloquea una directiva del HHS que busca limitar el acceso a Head Start según el estatus migratorio. SEATTLE – En un triunfo… Read more »
Después de meses de rechazo público, los comisionados del condado de Multnomah eran muy conscientes de la desaprobación de la comunidad respecto a las revisiones propuestas para la financiación del programa Preescolar para Todos. La propuesta de indexación de impuestos de un comisionado en particular habría diezmado la financiación del programa, forzando al programa a… Read more »
After months of public pushback, Multnomah County Commissioners were well aware of the community’s disapproval of the proposed revisions to the Preschool for All program funding. The proposed tax indexing from one commissioner in particular would have decimated the program’s funding, forcing the program to close entirely. So we showed up. We made noise. And… Read more »
The 2025 legislative session sine die was late Friday night June 27, 2025 with no notable wins for Oregon’s care economy despite our super democratic majority and turnout by community and advocates. Our top priorities for the 2025 legislative session focused on these main pillars: 1.) access and affordability; 2.) the child care workforce; and… Read more »
En Family Forward celebramos Juneteenth. Honramos nuestra interseccionalidad. Celebramos nuestros logros y reconocemos el trabajo colectivo que aún tenemos por delante para desmantelar los sistemas de opresión que siguen afectándonos hoy en día. Juneteenth y el Mes del Orgullo nos enseñan que podemos ser muchas cosas al mismo tiempo. No importa cómo te identifiques, hay… Read more »
At Family Forward, we celebrate Juneteenth. We honor our intersectionality. We commemorate our wins and recognize the collective work before us to dismantle the systems of oppression that we continue to live in today. What Juneteenth and Pride show us is that we can be so many things at the same time. And no matter… Read more »
On September 14th, the Child Care for Oregon coalition gathered at the Beaverton library to celebrate the successful completion of our first pilot parent cohort! We started out the evening by tuning in to Family Values at Work‘s “Caring Out Loud” storytelling event, which focused on shifting the narrative around caregiving. We recognized the participating parents’ dedication and… Read more »
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