Dear John,
In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog reports on a Senate Finance Committee hearing that focused on the importance of paid family and medical leave. And we examined why every public school student should have access to free school lunch. Please share!
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This week on the blog...
Paid leave: 'I benefit when my employees do not have to choose between their loved ones and a paycheck'
October 27
Ben Verhoeven is a farmer and owner of Peoria Gardens, Inc., a nursery and greenhouse located in the rural Oregon town of Albany that grows flowers for distribution to retail garden centers. He employees 26 people full-time, year-round, as well as an additional 24 seasonal workers. All of Verhoeven’s employees have access to paid family and medical leave – and neither Verhoeven nor the employees have to pay much for the benefit – just 0.4 percent of payroll for Verhoeven and 0.6 percent for the employees. READ MORE »
School lunches should be free
October 26
During the pandemic, the government embarked on a beautiful experiment: expanding public programs to stave off poverty. One critical component was ensuring that public school students had free lunches regardless of family income. During the 2020-2021 school year, 98 percent of all school lunches were free to students. All of a sudden, public schools were allowed to treat the idea of feeding students to be as essential as educating them. READ MORE »
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