How America Ranks in Protecting Children
If America’s standing in the world is measured by how we treat our children, we are failing miserably.
Read MoreIf America’s standing in the world is measured by how we treat our children, we are failing miserably.
Read MoreIn March of 2010, the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships issued a series of 12 unanimous recommendations, designed to strengthen the effectiveness of social service partnerships between the public sector and faith community, while protecting religious freedom.
Read MoreOn February 23, 2020, history was made after students and teachers won a $53 million dollar lawsuit against the state of California for failing to teach them how to read.
Read MoreChildren are gifted mimics. When a grown person says something, it gives a young person permission to repeat.
Read MoreThe dismantling of welfare in 1996 ushered in a decade-long increase in the number of children living in families with income below half the poverty line, according to a new analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, but that increase has been reversed by the rise of SNAP as the country’s most effective deep-poverty-fighting tool.
Read MoreToday marks one year since the passage of the Bipartisan Background Checks Act (H.R.8)—the first major gun violence prevention legislation to advance out of the House of Representatives in over a generation.
Read More“I believe the purpose of public schools is to educate not exclude children and to help identify and meet child needs, not make children serve adult convenience, self interest, and systems. "
Read MoreWe are disappointed that public charge regulations from the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State will go into effect today, February 24. But we have not lost heart. As our team in Texas is saying, “Keep calm and stay enrolled!” Our fight continues.
Read MoreIn the President’s Budget, the Trump Administration made its priorities clear: additional tax cuts for wealthy corporations and individuals over food assistance for hungry children and families.
Read MoreThe proposed “Healthy Adult Opportunity'' (HOA) program would offers states the option to use block grants and per capita caps for low-income adult populations -- including parents with young children. This is extremely troubling, as we know that when parents lose coverage, their children are more likely to lose coverage as well.
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