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REPORT: Preschool for All Is Working — Parents and Teachers in Multnomah County Say Free, Universal Early Education Is Transforming Kids, Families, and the Profession
Multnomah County’s Preschool for All (PFA) program is on track to achieve full universality by Fall 2030, offering free preschool to all of the County’s three- and four-year-olds whose families wish to enroll them. PFA will provide lots of options for families of location, size of setting, language, cultural context and schedule, including year-round and […]
Resources to Weather the Government Shut Down
Despite Republican control of the House, Senate, and White House, the U.S. Government remains shut down. Everyday Americans are suffering as a result of this inability to govern. But we know this crisis didn’t come out of nowhere. It comes after nine months of relentless, reckless attacks on immigrants, the rule of law, and deep […]
Join us for Dance Like a Mother!
You’re cordially invited to the 11th annual Dance Like a Mother! WHEN: November 8, 2025, 6:30pm – 9:30pmWHERE: Holocene, 1001 Southeast Morrison Street, Portland, OR 97214 Tickets are available now! Space is limited. Get yours below!
Declaración de Family Forward sobre la decisión del Tribunal de Apelaciones sobre la financiación de Medicaid para Planned Parenthood
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 […]
Family Forward Statement on Appeals Court Ruling on Planned Parenthood Medicaid Funding
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 […]
Tribunal Federal Detiene Ataques Ilegales de la Administración Trump contra Familias de Head Start
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 […]
Federal Court Halts Trump Administration’s Unlawful Attacks on Head Start Families
The following is an update to the lawsuit filed in April with the ACLU to protect access to Head Start for all families. Judge grants preliminary injunction blocking a directive from the HHS that seeks to limit access to Head Start based on immigration status SEATTLE – In a win for working families, a federal […]
El Preescolar Para Todos (y todas) del condado de Multnomah está a salvo — por ahora
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 […]
Multnomah County Preschool for All is safe — for now
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 we made […]
Family Forward Joins ACLU for Lawsuit Hearing in Seattle
Below are remarks from our Deputy Director, Courtney Veronneau, shared on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Good morning, folks. My name is Courtney Veronneau, I use she/her pronouns. I am the Deputy Director of Movement Building at Family Forward Oregon, a parent-led advocacy organization fighting […]
Declaración de Family Forward sobre la investigación de la financiación de Preschool Promise
La investigación reciente sobre las decisiones y prácticas de financiación de Preschool Promise por parte de la División de Aprendizaje Temprano (ELD) encontró que menos del 1% de la financiación podría definirse como presunto desperdicio, y no hubo hallazgos de fraude. Aunque la investigación puede tener un titular llamativo, se pierde la historia más grande. […]