City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0035R

• File #: 08-0035R
• Version: 0
• Name: Maryland Can Do Better for Children! - In Support of Advocates for Children and Youth
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 4/14/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 4/28/2008
• Title: Maryland Can Do Better for Children! - In Support of Advocates for Children and Youth FOR the purpose of endorsing the goals and solutions of Advocates for Children and Youth for improving opportunities for young people and addressing specific deficits in the areas of education, health, and safety, by 2010; joining the Maryland Can Do Better for Children! campaign; and urging all policymakers throughout Maryland to join the Campaign and an army for children to secure for Maryland’s youth the support services they need to thrive and excel.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bill Henry, President Young, Robert Curran, Warren Branch, William H. Cole, IV, Helen L. Holton, Agnes Welch, Sharon Green Middleton, Belinda Conaway, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: Children, Resolution, Youth

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/28/2008	0	City Council	Adopted
4/28/2008	0	Education Committee	Recommended Favorably
4/17/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/17/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/14/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
4/14/2008	0	City Council
4/14/2008	0	Education Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
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CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke
At the request of: Advocates for Children and Youth
c/o Ken Strong, Deputy Director for External Affairs
8 Market Place, 5th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Telephone: 410-547-8690
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Maryland Can Do Better for Children! - In Support of Advocates for Children and Youth

FOR the purpose of endorsing the goals and solutions of Advocates for Children and Youth for improving opportunities for young people and addressing specific deficits in the areas of education, health, and safety, by 2010; joining the Maryland Can Do Better for Children! campaign; and urging all policymakers throughout Maryland to join the Campaign and an army for children to secure for Maryland’s youth the support services they need to thrive and excel.
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The Advocates for Children and Youth report that while Maryland is one of the wealthiest states in the nation, our children are only in the middle of the pack on areas such as education, health, and safety. The goal of the organization’s Maryland Can Do Better for Children! campaign is to improve the outcomes in these areas and to open doors of opportunity for Maryland’s young people, by 2010.

In joining the Maryland Can Do Better for Children! campaign and the army for children, the following specific goals and comprehensive solutions are endorsed:

· Keep Kids Safely in Their Homes and Communities by creating a...