Give An Hour Celebration of Service & Student Conference

May 30, 2013

Give an Hour, as the lead activation partner for the health pillar of the Got Your 6 Campaign, announces a Celebration of Service, two days of inspiring events to be held in New York City, June 2-3, 2013, which will inaugurate its program to educate, by June of 2014, 100,000 graduate students in mental health disciplines on the unique issues of veterans and military families. The events will bring together all those from the military, government, corporate, and nonprofit worlds who work with us year-round to honor and support the men, women, and families who serve our country.

Serving Those Who Serve-Training the Next Generation is a student conference, which will be held on Monday June 3, 2013, at Columbia University and will bring respected mental health and military professionals from around the country will help us educate students in mental health disciplines on the unique issues of veterans and military families, through a series of panel discussions and presentations. Give an Hour is pleased that many more will participate when the full-day conference is live-streamed to multiple college campuses across the nation.

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Recent Child Care Updates

Since the start of the new year there have been several new developments regarding child care. Childcare has been a consistent conversation among parents, social workers, child advocates, and the childcare workforce because the costs of care are rising. Without affordable child care, some parents leave the workforce, and some spend more than 7% of their income on care while paying for other necessities. Childcare is plagued with long waitlists, low compensation for workers and some rural communities have few options to access care.

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