Last week, a study out of Duke University’s Department of Sociology, funded by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, found that California children’s well being improved by 16% between 1995 and 2006.
Researchers found that …

This is a great news story out of Illinois about Father Jim, a priest from the Chicago suburbs, who saw a need and decided to fill it.

The Blessing Barn is among a handful of McHenry …

Lisa was recently interviewed by Mark Curtis (former anchor at KTVU!) of Northern California Comcast Newsmakers.  Check out the interview here, which is slated to air multiple times this month on CNN Headline News (Channel …

Thanksgiving weekend’s New York Times article on food stamp enrollment is a timely one. According to the article, the program is now helping to feed 1 in 8 Americans, 1 in 4 children.
Over 36 million people …

Yesterday the U.S. Census Bureau released their 2008 poverty estimates. Their report estimates 1.7 million children living in poverty, or 18.5% of all CA residents 18 years or younger.
The report also estimates there are 534,254 children …

Many thanks to Emmy award winning journalist and morning news anchor Kristen Sze and ABC7 News for reporting on our efforts to bring diapers to homeless and low income babies across the Bay Area.

We are delighted …