Entries by Janet Forbush

Policy Corner: February updates with Janet Forbush

February 28, 2018 /0 Comments/in /by

Written by Janet Forbush, Senior Advisor with the Center for the Advancement of Mentoring February 2018 Background: February 2018 will remain in our collective consciousness as another month marked with tragedy and carnage that played out at Stoneman Douglas high school in Florida resulting in seventeen deaths and countless life-altering injuries. The increasingly common instances […]

Policy Corner: January updates with Janet Forbush

January 31, 2018 /0 Comments/in /by

Written by Janet Forbush, Senior Policy Advisor with the Center for the Advancement of Mentoring January 2018 The month of January is an especially important marker in the mentoring field, having been designated as National Mentoring Month.  During January of 2018, over 1,000 mentoring researchers, advocates, and program practitioners came together in Washington, DC to […]

Policy Corner: December Policy Updates with Janet Forbush

December 7, 2017 /0 Comments/in /by

Written by Janet Forbush, Senior Advisor with the Center for the Advancement of Mentoring December – 2017 Background: The frenzy of activity surrounding recent Senate passage of a bill on tax reform by a two vote margin of 51-49, crafted by Republicans, which took place at 1:50 a.m. on Saturday, December 2, sets the stage […]

Policy Corner: November policy updates with Janet Forbush

November 22, 2017 /1 Comment/in /by

Written by Janet Forbush, Senior Advisor with the Center for the Advancement of Mentoring November 2017 Policymakers at the federal, state, and local levels have been engaged on numerous fronts in recent weeks on issues of considerable importance to children and youth.  Front and center most recently has been passage of a tax reform bill […]

Policy Corner: October policy updates with Janet Forbush

October 12, 2017 /0 Comments/in /by

Written by Janet Forbush, Senior Advisor with the Center for the Advancement of Mentoring October 2017 On October 8 the Trump Administration introduced principles for reform of the U.S. immigration system putting children and families at risk. The release of these principles comes on the heels of the announcement from the Administration made last month […]

Policy Corner: June updates from Janet Forbush

June 21, 2017 /0 Comments/in /by

Written by Janet Forbush, Senior Advisor with the Center for the Advancement of Mentoring June 2017 Background:  The wide range of public policy activity at the federal level in recent weeks sets the tone and shapes the body of the content for the June Chronicle column on policy.  Primary features review the implications of the […]

Policy Corner: May updates from Janet Forbush

May 24, 2017 /0 Comments/in /by

Written by Janet Forbush, Senior Advisor with the Center for the Advancement of Mentoring May 2017 Trump Fiscal Year 2018 Federal Budget Proposal The Trump administration unveiled their proposed fiscal year 2018 budget earlier this week featuring 13 major initiatives, nine of which outline draconian spending cuts aimed chiefly at programs and services impacting low-income […]

Policy Corner: April Updates from Janet Forbush

April 25, 2017 /0 Comments/in /by

Written by Janet Forbush, Senior Advisor with the Center for the Advancement of Mentoring April 2017 This issue of The Chronicle is being published in the last week in April when federal lawmakers are returning from a spring break peppered with numerous district level town hall meetings flavored with lively discourse with constituents. Many of […]