Etsky Consulting
@etskyconsulting.bsky.social
Social services consulting, best practices, regulatory compliance/licensing, Hague Accreditation for intercountry adoption, trying to make the world a better place.
Please take action to ensure continued funding for WIC (Women Infants and Children) so that our youngest children have the basic nutrition they need in order to thrive. nwica.salsalabs.org/publicfundth...
We're not targeting any representatives in your district. But you can still help!
nwica.salsalabs.org
October 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Please take action to ensure continued funding for WIC (Women Infants and Children) so that our youngest children have the basic nutrition they need in order to thrive. nwica.salsalabs.org/publicfundth...
If we care about supporting youth, Job Corps programs are essential options and must be kept open and functioning!
Shriver Job Corps in Devens and facilities like it across the country are critical to creating the next generation of American workers who will power our future.
On the anniversary of the Economic Opportunity Act, we remember that these programs follow through on the promise of the American Dream!
On the anniversary of the Economic Opportunity Act, we remember that these programs follow through on the promise of the American Dream!
‘It’s truly something that does change lives’: Legislators react to Shriver Job Corps potential closure
DEVENS — Harrison was homeless and sleeping in his car before becoming a student at Shriver Job Corps, an opportunity that completely changed the trajectory of his life. The man was one of three Sh…
www.sentinelandenterprise.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
If we care about supporting youth, Job Corps programs are essential options and must be kept open and functioning!
Updated report from Yale School of Public Health: "Russia is forcibly transferring Ukraine's children to Russia & is carrying out the unlawful adoption and fostering of Ukraine’s children... Ukraine’s children must be returned home." ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
HRL Statement re Adoption Website
This week, Save Ukraine publicized the existence of a website from the Government of the [so-called] Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) promoting children listed
ysph.yale.edu
August 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Updated report from Yale School of Public Health: "Russia is forcibly transferring Ukraine's children to Russia & is carrying out the unlawful adoption and fostering of Ukraine’s children... Ukraine’s children must be returned home." ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
What exactly does the unsupreme court think should happen to students with special needs and people applying for financial aid? Oh yeah, I get it. They don’t have the slightest concern about the rights or needs of either group - or anyone else who has benefitted from DOE funding/services.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to carry out mass firings at the Education Department for now.
Supreme Court allows Trump administration's mass firings at Education Department for now
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to pause a lower court order that required the Department of Education to reinstate nearly 1,400 employees.
cbsn.ws
July 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
What exactly does the unsupreme court think should happen to students with special needs and people applying for financial aid? Oh yeah, I get it. They don’t have the slightest concern about the rights or needs of either group - or anyone else who has benefitted from DOE funding/services.
Etsky Consulting joins the National Women’s Law Center in denouncing this attempt.
BREAKING: The Trump administration is attempting to block certain immigrants from accessing federal programs like early education, family planning, mental health, and substance abuse programs—using a rushed process to limit public pushback.
Read our full statement: nwlc.org/press-releas...
Read our full statement: nwlc.org/press-releas...
NWLC Condemns Trump Administration for Denying Immigrant Families Access to Early Learning, Health Services, and Other Important Programs - National Women's Law Center
WASHINGTON (July 10, 2025) – The National Women’s Law Center strongly denounces the Trump administration’s latest move to block certain immigrant families from accessing a range of vital federal progr...
nwlc.org
July 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Etsky Consulting joins the National Women’s Law Center in denouncing this attempt.
Every federal position that has been cut resulted in tasks that are not accomplished. Contrary to propaganda, federal employees were not sitting around doing nothing.
From @americanprogress.bsky.social: Forecasting saves lives. But Trump’s cuts to NOAA and the National Weather Service are dismantling the systems that help communities prepare for extreme weather disasters, which are getting worse with climate change.
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The Lasting Threat of Trump’s Cuts to NOAA and NWS on American Communities
The Trump administration’s cuts to NOAA and NWS staffing and research capabilities are hindering the nation’s ability to prepare for and respond effectively to extreme weather events—such as the recen...
www.americanprogress.org
July 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Every federal position that has been cut resulted in tasks that are not accomplished. Contrary to propaganda, federal employees were not sitting around doing nothing.
Cuts to Head Start eligibility are - UNAMERICAN!
RFK Jr. cuts access to free programs for undocumented immigrants
RFK Jr. cuts access to free programs, Head Start for undocumented immigrants
The federal health department is placing citizenship requirements on Head Start and other public benefits.
www.axios.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Cuts to Head Start eligibility are - UNAMERICAN!
I'm joining the #EmptyPlatesProtest - going without some meals to represent millions who will go hungry, lose healthcare, & pay more for basic needs if Congress passes the Big Ugly Bill.
Join advocates in this historic fast. protestfast.org
#EmptyPlatesProtest #HungryforJustice #HandsOffSNAP
Join advocates in this historic fast. protestfast.org
#EmptyPlatesProtest #HungryforJustice #HandsOffSNAP
Hungry For Justice - #EmptyPlatesProtest National Relay Fast
Join the #EmptyPlatesProtest - a national relay fast protesting budget reconciliation bill cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, WIC, Child Tax Credit. Fast for justice June 23-28, 2025.
protestfast.org
June 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I'm joining the #EmptyPlatesProtest - going without some meals to represent millions who will go hungry, lose healthcare, & pay more for basic needs if Congress passes the Big Ugly Bill.
Join advocates in this historic fast. protestfast.org
#EmptyPlatesProtest #HungryforJustice #HandsOffSNAP
Join advocates in this historic fast. protestfast.org
#EmptyPlatesProtest #HungryforJustice #HandsOffSNAP
The Three Huge Lies Trump is Telling Republican Senators about his Medicaid Cuts — to finance a big tax cut mostly for the wealthy. Learn the truth about proposed cuts to Medicaid. Lives depend on our understanding what is at stake.
The Three Huge Lies Trump is Telling Republican Senators about his Medicaid Cuts — to finance a big tax cut mostly for the wealthy
Friends,
open.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The Three Huge Lies Trump is Telling Republican Senators about his Medicaid Cuts — to finance a big tax cut mostly for the wealthy. Learn the truth about proposed cuts to Medicaid. Lives depend on our understanding what is at stake.
We need states to intervene, protecting Americans' medical data and stopping RFK Jr.'s dangerous stigmatization of people w/ disabilities and those on the autistism spectrum. Please add your name to the petition! sign.moveon.org/petitions/pr...
Protect the Rights and Privacy of Autistic Americans!
We need states to intervene, protecting Americans' medical data and stopping RFK Jr.'s dangerous stigmatization of autistic and disabled people. Add your name to the petition!
sign.moveon.org
May 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
We need states to intervene, protecting Americans' medical data and stopping RFK Jr.'s dangerous stigmatization of people w/ disabilities and those on the autistism spectrum. Please add your name to the petition! sign.moveon.org/petitions/pr...
Adopted from Vietnam & raised in Australia, Sue is helping Vietnamese women to take DNA tests, so that adoptees & birth parents may be matched. Vietnam Family Search vietnamfamilysearch.com helps people adopted from Vietnam who are searching for birth family.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Sue is using DNA to find her mum. On the way, she found a different family
There's a fear that follows Sue-Yen Luiten as she cycles through the Mekong Delta with hundreds of DNA kits in tow. What if her birth parents have been looking for her and it’s too late?
www.abc.net.au
May 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Adopted from Vietnam & raised in Australia, Sue is helping Vietnamese women to take DNA tests, so that adoptees & birth parents may be matched. Vietnam Family Search vietnamfamilysearch.com helps people adopted from Vietnam who are searching for birth family.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Kids should be able to learn at school without fearing ICE raids. Please sign to keep ICE out of schools.
Keep schools safe for children and families—and keep ICE out!
The threat of ICE in schools creates unnecessary trauma, leads to damaged trust in educators, and causes students from undocumented and mixed-status families to miss school, leaving a lasting impact o...
sign.moveon.org
May 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kids should be able to learn at school without fearing ICE raids. Please sign to keep ICE out of schools.
But we don't need fact checking on Facebook, right?
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: The Facebook account Trump shared with South Africa's president as "proof" of a genocide against white South Africans belonged to a fringe account that frequently posts racist imagery and pushes flat Earth conspiracies.
Exclusive: Trump Shared Racist, Flat-Earth Facebook Account With South African President
Trump handed President Ramaphosa a Facebook post from a fringe account that labelled his administration the “White Supremacy House"
www.meidasplus.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
But we don't need fact checking on Facebook, right?
To everyone who still thinks the "big beautiful bill" is not about hurting people, please read this.
Nearly Half of US Kids—34 Million—Rely on Food, Health Programs Targeted by GOP | Common Dreams www.commondreams.org/news/republi...
Nearly Half of US Kids—34 Million—Rely on Food, Health Programs Targeted by GOP | Common Dreams
Republicans' megabill threatens to harm millions of American children by cutting Medicaid and SNAP.
www.commondreams.org
May 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
To everyone who still thinks the "big beautiful bill" is not about hurting people, please read this.
Please read this to understand why the "big beautiful bill" is truly UGLY, and how it will hurt people (except the ultra wealthy). open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Why the one big beautiful bill is the single ugliest you can imagine
The truth
open.substack.com
May 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Please read this to understand why the "big beautiful bill" is truly UGLY, and how it will hurt people (except the ultra wealthy). open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
If you work in a social service agency, please share this information with the families you serve. Some of them may need it.
Here’s a helpful link to cards you can buy/print out that you can give to ICE agents. In English & Spanish.
Aquí tienes un enlace útil con tarjetas que puedes comprar o imprimir para entregárselas a los agentes de ICE. Están en inglés & español.
www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...
#DemCast
#ICE
#LaMigra
Aquí tienes un enlace útil con tarjetas que puedes comprar o imprimir para entregárselas a los agentes de ICE. Están en inglés & español.
www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...
#DemCast
#ICE
#LaMigra
Red Cards / Tarjetas Rojas | Immigrant Legal Resource Center | ILRC
All people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. The ILRC’s Red Cards help people assert their rights and defend them...
www.ilrc.org
May 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
If you work in a social service agency, please share this information with the families you serve. Some of them may need it.
Discontinuation of NIH's Safe Sleep program is despicable. It is a necessity to share safe sleep info w/ parents of newborns to ensure they understand how to avoid danger & possible death. The US can afford a 6/14 parade but can't protect defenseless newborn children?
www.npr.org/2025/05/05/n...
www.npr.org/2025/05/05/n...
NIH cuts baby 'Safe to Sleep' team. Here's what parents should know
For three decades the NIH has led 'Safe to Sleep,' helping parents reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related injuries. The NIH cuts come as cases have been rising.
www.npr.org
May 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Discontinuation of NIH's Safe Sleep program is despicable. It is a necessity to share safe sleep info w/ parents of newborns to ensure they understand how to avoid danger & possible death. The US can afford a 6/14 parade but can't protect defenseless newborn children?
www.npr.org/2025/05/05/n...
www.npr.org/2025/05/05/n...
If the regime's #WarOnChildren isn't halted very soon, the future for America's children will be bleak.
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The Trump Administration’s War on Children
The Trump administration's clearcutting has obscured moves that could profoundly harm one of the U.S.'s most vulnerable groups: children.
imprintnews.org
April 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
If the regime's #WarOnChildren isn't halted very soon, the future for America's children will be bleak.
imprintnews.org/top-stories/...
imprintnews.org/top-stories/...
#HandsOff Social Security, SNAP, Medicare/Medicaid, Department of Education, Veterans' Services, NIH, and many more! Join a rally near you on April 5. handsoff2025.com
Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
handsoff2025.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
#HandsOff Social Security, SNAP, Medicare/Medicaid, Department of Education, Veterans' Services, NIH, and many more! Join a rally near you on April 5. handsoff2025.com
As Immigrant Communities Face Intense Pressure, Is Philanthropy Ready? Are nonprofits ready? Are communities ready? nonprofitquarterly.org/as-immigrant...
As Immigrant Communities Face Intense Pressure, Is Philanthropy Ready? - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
The Trump administration’s attack on African, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian communities is less visible but better organized than in 2017. Philanthropy must respond.
nonprofitquarterly.org
March 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
As Immigrant Communities Face Intense Pressure, Is Philanthropy Ready? Are nonprofits ready? Are communities ready? nonprofitquarterly.org/as-immigrant...
If you care about public education and the rights of our kids to be educated, PLEASE take action to stop the dismantling of the Department of Education! actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Stop the attack on our children
Trump and Musk are attacking public education to fund tax breaks for billionaires, diverting resources from students, teachers, and families. This assault threatens 50 million students nationwide, lea...
actionnetwork.org
March 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
If you care about public education and the rights of our kids to be educated, PLEASE take action to stop the dismantling of the Department of Education! actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
The SAVE Act would block eligible voters from voting. It is NOT voter friendly. Need to know more? @americanprogress.bsky.social Center for American Progress panel 3/24 will give you the straight scoop.
You're Invited! The SAVE Act: The bill that could block millions of Americans from voting
my1.americanprogress.org
March 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The SAVE Act would block eligible voters from voting. It is NOT voter friendly. Need to know more? @americanprogress.bsky.social Center for American Progress panel 3/24 will give you the straight scoop.
Save the Department of Education!
actionnetwork.org/letters/prot...
actionnetwork.org/letters/prot...
Tell Congress: Vote NO on H.R. 899 and Protect Public Education!
House Republicans just introduced H.R. 899, a bill that would completely eliminate the U.S. Department of Education.
They’ve introduced H.R. 899, a bill that would completely eliminate the U.S. De...
actionnetwork.org
March 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Save the Department of Education!
actionnetwork.org/letters/prot...
actionnetwork.org/letters/prot...
Read every word. Musk lies. People are dying. Children are dying. USAID must be reinstated NOW. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Read every word. Musk lies. People are dying. Children are dying. USAID must be reinstated NOW. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...