WV Sharing: Child poverty coalition defining goals, benefits By GEORGE HOHMANN For the WVPA Editor’s Note: The following is part of the West Virginia Press Association’s series on the “Our Children, Our Future” Coalition. The association is following the coalition’s efforts to develop and push legislation to combat child poverty during the 2014 session of the West Virginia Legislature. For easy download, visit wvpress.org/?p=2050 CHARLESTON — A spot check of four organizations participating in the “Our Children, Our Future” coalition to fight child poverty reveals that some are honing specific proposals while others are working on long-range goals. Representatives of more than 30 organizations gathered in Beckley and Bridgeport in August to work on 18 initiatives ranging from a proposal to prohibit federal food stamp recipients from using benefits to buy soft drinks to an effort aimed at increasing the state minimum wage. Proposals were further refined in late September at a symposium at the state Capitol, where members of the House and Senate Joint Committee on Children and Families were briefed. Since the Charleston symposium, coalition participants have been figuring out exactly what they want to ask for when they meet Dec. 13. That’s when the 18 original proposals will be whittled down to about five. All of the participants will be asked to push for those five when the Legislature convenes in January. wvpress.org/?p=2061
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