Vote YES for Portland's Children - RENEW The Portland Children's LEVY

Vote YES for Portland's Children - RENEW The Portland Children's LEVY The Portland Children's Levy was created in 2002 by city voters and overwhelmingly renewed in 2008.

The Levy annually invests $10 million in programs designed to help children arrive at school ready to learn, provide safe and constructive after-school alternatives for kids, prevent child abuse, neglect and family violence and help foster kids succeed. In the 10 years since voters first approved the Portland Children’s Levy, nearly $100 million has been invested in over 50 organizations helping e

nsure that Portland’s kids are safe, healthy and successful. The Levy has done that by investing in proven, cost-effective programs in four areas:
• Child abuse prevention and intervention;
• Early education programs to help children arrive to school ready to learn;
• Mentoring and after school programs that provide safe and constructive after school alternatives for children and
• Programs to help children in foster care overcome daunting odds. The new levy will add one additional focus that can no longer be ignored: child hunger, which has a devastating impact on every aspect of a child’s development. The Oregon Food Bank reports that 14,000 Portland children eat from emergency food boxes each month. We will look at partnering with proven programs, such as Meals on Wheels, to expand their capabilities to provide innovative solutions to child hunger. The Portland Children’s Levy is also extremely efficient and accountable in its implementation:
• We invest only in programs that have a proven track record that help children succeed
• We have an all-volunteer allocation committee that oversees our program.
• We conduct annual audits and
• We keep administrative expenses to 5%, which means 95 cents on the dollar go directly to fund programs.

Thank you to Portland voters for continuing to make kids a higher priority! Measure 26-150 passed with around 73%, renew...
05/22/2013

Thank you to Portland voters for continuing to make kids a higher priority! Measure 26-150 passed with around 73%, renewing the Portland Children's Levy for another five years.

The levy, first approved in 2002 and renewed in 2008, would raise an average of $10.6 million a year for five years.

Today's the day! Remember to drop off your ballot before 8pm - and Vote Yes on Measure 26-150, the Portland Children's L...
05/21/2013

Today's the day! Remember to drop off your ballot before 8pm - and Vote Yes on Measure 26-150, the Portland Children's Levy.

Election Day is tomorrow! Since it's too late to mail in your ballot, Multnomah County voters can find a drop box here:
05/20/2013

Election Day is tomorrow! Since it's too late to mail in your ballot, Multnomah County voters can find a drop box here:

Location: Multnomah County Elections Office 1040 SE Morrison St. Portland, OR 97214 (Map) Phone: 503-988-3720 Fax: 503-988-3719 1-800-735-2900 (Oregon Relay Service) Open: 8 am - 5 pm, M - F Special Election hours on Monday, May 20, 2013: 8 am - 6 pm Tuesday, May 21, 2013, (Election Day): 7 am - 8 p...

Another great piece about the Children's Levy on Oregonlive today. Check it out:
05/11/2013

Another great piece about the Children's Levy on Oregonlive today. Check it out:

It doesn't take much to get Saltzman talking about the levy. Not only is it an issue close to his heart -- he spearheaded the levy's first City Council initiative -- but it's about as squeaky clean as government programs get.

So far the Children's Levy has been endorsed by the Oregonian, Willamette Week, Portland Tribune and Portland Mercury. H...
05/09/2013

So far the Children's Levy has been endorsed by the Oregonian, Willamette Week, Portland Tribune and Portland Mercury. Here's a link to the Mercury's endorsement, released yesterday.

Endorsement: Let's keep funding the Portland Children's Levy

Commissioner Saltzman appeared on Comcast Newsmakers to talk about the Children's Levy. Take a look...http://youtu.be/Pk...
05/08/2013

Commissioner Saltzman appeared on Comcast Newsmakers to talk about the Children's Levy. Take a look...

http://youtu.be/PkW_CHFc_SU

Produced March 21, 2013 - Randall Children's Hospital Comcast Newsmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington is hosted by veteran journalist Ken Ackerman. It ...

Check out our new campaign video on youtube and share with your friends!
05/03/2013

Check out our new campaign video on youtube and share with your friends!

By renewing the Portland Children's Levy we will prevent and intervene in child abuse, help kids get to school ready to learn and keep them on the right trac...

"We're so grateful to live in a community that considers the neediest victims as important as anyone else."The Oregonian...
04/29/2013

"We're so grateful to live in a community that considers the neediest victims as important as anyone else."

The Oregonian Editorial Board endorses Measure 26-150.

For Dr. Dan Leonhardt, a child abuse pediatrician with CARES Northwest, Friday was a busy day. Four different children had to be seen and evaluated on an urgent basis -- the result of a bruise noticed by a teacher, or a blurted confidence, or even a police intervention -- in the city's only facility...

Voters’ Pamphlets arrived this weekend! You’ll find a number of great arguments in support of the Children’s Levy from t...
04/28/2013

Voters’ Pamphlets arrived this weekend! You’ll find a number of great arguments in support of the Children’s Levy from trusted voices across Portland.

Check it out – and be ready for your ballots to arrive next weekend.

04/28/2013

The Portland Children's Levy was created by city voters in 2002 and overwhelmingly renewed in Fall 2008 for an additional five years. In the 10 years since v...

It's a beautiful Friday in Portland - be on the lookout for our lawn signs as you're out and about this weekend!
04/27/2013

It's a beautiful Friday in Portland - be on the lookout for our lawn signs as you're out and about this weekend!

A report released by Children First for Oregon found that 44% of children statewide in 2011 were poor or low-income.Here...
04/24/2013

A report released by Children First for Oregon found that 44% of children statewide in 2011 were poor or low-income.

Here in Portland, the Children’s Levy is one tool in the fight against child poverty. You can help by voting Yes on Measure 26-150, to renew the Portland Children’s Levy.

The study's results suggest that nearly one in every two children in the state in 2011 were low-income or living in poverty.

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