Promoting Equity in STEM Education
Promoting Equity in STEM Education Representation matters. Black professionals are underrepresented in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields, while exciting [...]
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Proud Shoutout to My Spelman College Sister Rosalind Gates Brewer
On March 15 Rosalind Brewer, often seen on Forbes and Fortune magazines’ lists of the world’s 100 most powerful women, will become CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. [...]
Read MorePresident-Elect Biden’s COVID Relief Proposal Would Help Families in Crisis and Begin to Address Child Poverty
Last week, President-Elect Biden released a $1.9 trillion COVID relief package to address the growing public health and economic crisis brought on by the pandemic, which continues to exacerbate the systems of economic and racial injustice that harm our children. Since the start of the pandemic, CDF has called on lawmakers to prioritize children in their response to the crisis and the President-Elect’s relief package would provide immediate relief while also taking a long overdue step to address our nation’s shameful child poverty crisis that could lead to the largest reduction in child poverty rates in decades.
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After Nine Months of Neglecting the Needs of Children and Families, Congress Will Finally Vote on a COVID Relief Bill
After nine months of failing to pass a COVID relief bill and neglecting the needs of millions of children and families suffering the unprecedented public health, racial justice, and economic and unemployment crisis brought on by this pandemic, Congress will finally vote on a long overdue bipartisan relief bill. While this package was a step in the right direction under a strict timeline ahead of the holidays, it does not include many additional provisions that are needed to fully meet the needs of all our nation’s children and families, especially the most vulnerable.
Read MoreStatement: Leading Children’s Health Groups Urge Lawmakers and Administration to Address Troubling Trends in Children’s Uninsurance
October 9, 2020 Media contacts: American Academy of Pediatrics: Devin Miller (dmiller@aap.org, 202-724-3308) Children's Defense Fund: Emily Gardner (egardner@childrensdefense.org, 202-662-3554) Family Voices: Mallory Cyr (mcyr@familyvoices.org, [...]
Read MoreThe Senate’s Proposal, the HEALS Act, Falls Far Short of Meeting the Needs of Children and Families in Crisis
The Senate returned to work last week promising to unveil additional COVID-19 relief legislation that their Republican leadership said would focus on “making sure we take care of our kids” in the face of the unprecedented national economic and public health crisis. This week, they finally introduced their idea of relief—The HEALS Act—and it falls far short of the meeting the needs of children and families in this country.
Read More“Is This Ever Going to End?”
Recently actor Will Smith conducted a video interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci, our nation’s leading expert on the White House Coronavirus Task Force and [...]
Read MoreProviding Help and Hope to Our Children in This Time of Great Crisis
As COVID-19 spreads across our nation more communities and families need help and hope every day. Today Congress passed a $2 trillion relief package [...]
Read MoreToday the Senate Will Take Up the House-Passed Families First Coronavirus Response Act – Here’s What You Need to Know
Today the Senate will take up the House-passed Families First Coronavirus Response Act, as the next step in providing relief from the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreThe State of America’s Children 2020 – Child Health
Alarming Coverage Declines After Decades of Progress 425,000 CHILDREN LOST THEIR HEALTH COVERAGE IN 2018 After three years of chemotherapy, five-year-old Abel Sewell [...]
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