Comprehensive report from the Children's Defense Fund shows that even before the COVID-19 pandemic, children were the poorest age group in America, with children of [...]
Read MoreWashington, D.C. February 10, 2021 - Thanks to a $1 million grant from The Boeing Company, the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools® program will now offer culturally responsive STEM education to students under the banner of a new initiative entitled “CDF Freedom to STEM.”
Read MoreStatement by the Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, President and CEO of the Children’s Defense Fund The End of Innocence about America Washington, D.C. – Just [...]
Read MoreThe Children’s Defense Fund released the following statement today in response to House passage of an updated COVID-19 relief package: Washington, D.C. – Since the [...]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. (August 11, 2020) – Children’s Defense Fund, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), Save the Children, Save the Children Action Network (SCAN), and [...]
Read MoreWashington, D.C. – As COVID-19 cases surge across the country, the economic repercussions of this crisis have left children, families and communities reeling at the [...]
Read MorePresident Trump’s FY2021 budget proposal abandons millions of children and hard-working families across the country that rely on the programs that the White House proposes [...]
Read MoreThe latest data illustrates the harmful impacts of our national policy failures on children—especially children of color Today, the Children’s Defense Fund released the latest [...]
Read MoreFor Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Media Interested in Attending, RSVP to: Patti Hassler Vice President of Communications and Outreach 203-918-4252 phassler@childrensdefense.org WASHINGTON, [...]
Read MoreU.S. Department of Education Office of Communications & Outreach, Press Office 400 Maryland Ave., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20202 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Aug. 31, 2016 CONTACTS: [...]
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