Healthy Working Families Fact Sheet (CITED) and Frequently Asked Questions
The fact sheet provides information about how the lack of earned paid sick leave affects children, mothers, families, businesses and Maryland’s economy. It also suggests an avenue for change. The FAQ provides answers top-of-mind questions.
Strengthen family economic sufficiency by promoting the passage of the Earned Paid Sick and Safe Leave
More than 700,000 workers in Maryland do not have the right to earned paid sick leave. Parents without paid sick days are more than twice as likely than parents with paid sick days to send a sick child to school or...
Promote increased State funding to strengthen Maryland Meals for Achievement and After School programming
There are 390,000 of public school children are enrolled in the free and reduced-price meal program. Children who eat school breakfast increase their math and reading scores as well as improve their speed and memory in cognitive tests, and perform better...
Promote legislation creating judicial discretion to increase youth access to diversion alternatives
A “diversion alternative” is an option to address petty offenses by youthful offenders outside of the formal juvenile justice system. These diversion alternatives include anger management, crisis intervention as well as drug and alcohol education. Current Maryland law allows for intake officers...
Lead the Maryland Youth Justice Roundtable and partner with Department of Juvenile Services to stop the reliance on out-of-home commitment
The Maryland Youth Justice Roundtable is a coalition of Maryland groups working to rightsize the juvenile justice system. Advocates for Children and Youth host and administer the roundtable meetings. The Roundtable is currently working on developing priorities.
Establish privacy protections for youth charged as adults through state-level policy reform
Youth charged as adults have a public criminal record (i.e., names, photos, alleged acts made public). The record remains public even if the case is transferred to juvenile court. Youth who enter the system through juvenile court have privacy protections, so youth transferred to...
Create a public education campaign to increase awareness about how Marylanders can determine if a criminal record is eligible for sealing or expungement through the ExpungeMaryland.org project
ExpungeMaryland is a web app we developed that will allow users to answer a series of simple questions that will lead to a determination of whether a criminal record can be expunged.