Front Street Animal Shelter Audit

For decades, Sacramento’s Front Street Animal Shelter has helped lost and stray animals across Sacramento, and helped pet owners with resources including adoptions, vaccinations, microchipping, and spay and neuter clinics. But a recent audit from the Sacramento City Auditor, as well as a needs assessment released last year, identified multiple issues at the aging facility including overcrowding, staffing shortages, and delayed services.  Front Street Animal Care Services Manager Phillip Zimmerman joins Insight to talk about the audit’s findings, and the changes the shelter is making to improve care and transparency.

AmeriCorps Cuts and Early Childhood Programs

When the Trump administration gutted the AmeriCorps program last month, thousands of volunteers lost their positions working in schools, helping with disaster relief or clearing trails in parks around the nation. The cuts have also had a ripple effect on First 5 California early childhood programs. First 5 programs operate in all 58 counties in California and serve more than one million children and families each year. Avo Makdessian is the Executive Director of First 5 Association of California and Janay Eustice is the President and CEO for the Child Abuse Prevention Center (CAPC). They join us today to highlight how these cuts are affecting kids.

‘Finally Home’ Military Children’s Book

Having one of your parents leave for long periods of time is a common experience for military kids. Whether it's for a deployment or a temporary duty assignment, men and women of the armed forces go where they are told, when they are told and their families don’t always get to accompany them. A new children’s book is paying tribute to those military families. “Finally Home” was written by Sacramento author Cortney Cino and she’s here today to tell us more about it.