New Resources and Opportunities – September 2025

by | Nov 21, 2025 | Washington Update

Check out resources and opportunities from Family Voices and our partners. Resources from Family Voices’ policy team are in both English and Spanish, with more languages in development. Partner resources are mainly in English.

State-by-State Child Health Coverage Trends Webinar Recording and Resources: View the webinar recording, data analysis, and blog by Georgetown Center for Children and Families (CCF). The information covered includes an overview of children’s health coverage trends and how recent Medicaid and CHIP policy changes will impact children’s health coverage trends going forward.

Resource Centers Help Young Parents Access Safety Net Programs: Read Child Trends’ latest brief on Family Resource Centers (FRCs), which provide critical services to families within their communities, including access to supports for basic needs, help accessing public benefits, and skill-building classes.

Honoring Indigenous Families’ Preferences in Child Care:  A new Child Trends brief explores foundational considerations for those engaged in child care and education (CCEE) efforts to best support Indigenous families and communities. Read more about these considerations and their implications for research and evaluation and get recommendations from Child Trends researchers on tailoring CCEE to Indigenous contexts.

Call for Proposals – 2026 Family Voices Leadership Conference: Family Voices released a call for proposals for our 2026 conference, themed “Our Voices, Our Stories: Centering Children and Families in Systems of Care.” We are seeking proposals for sessions that will help attendees reach and serve families, youth, and professionals working to improve systems that serve families or operate an effective family-serving organization. Session proposals are due December 18, 2025. Learn more at www.familyvoices.org/FVLC2026.

Family Voices Public Policy Webpage: Family Voices regularly releases new policy materials. Stay tuned to our Public Policy page to read our new resources.

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