As part of Children’s Advocacy Week 2024, Shannon Moody speaks with the chairs of the Families and Children Committees — first with Senator Danny Carroll and then with Representative Samara Heavrin. They discuss a variety of topics discussed within their committees, from child care and early childhood education to foster care and kinship care to paid family leave.

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