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Every family deserves access to high-quality, nutritious food to keep our children healthy and happy. The USDA recently released data on U.S. household food security from 2023 , finding one in SEVEN households (13.5 percent) in America struggled with hunger. The rates of food insecurity were higher for Black (23.3 percent) and Latinx (21.9 percent) U.S. households compared to the rate of White non-Latinx U.S. households (9.9 percent). A staggering ONE in FIVE U.S. children experienced hunger in...
Time flies–my 11-year-old started his first year in middle school last month. Between schoolwork, swim team practice, Math Olympiad, and violin lessons, he’s so busy that he can hardly breathe. But these are all his own choices–I tried to help him cut down on some activities, but he wouldn’t hear of it. Now with the back-to-school season waning, he’s started to complain, “I’m so tired after swim team practice, and I still have to do math! Can you just wash my swimsuit?” Or, “I have to practice...
Our Child Care 101 Blog Series focuses on informing and educating voters who want to support child care What designates an area as a child care desert, what even is a child care desert? According to our friends at the Center for American Progress, a child care desert is “any census tract with more than 50 children under age 5 that contains either no child care providers or so few options that there are more than three times as many children as licensed child care slots.” 51% of the population...
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On August 19 the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published the application for Parole in Place for undocumented immigrant spouses, and stepchildren, of U.S. citizens. This is part of a June announcement by the Biden Administration to keep families together . Under this policy announcement, an estimated 500,000 spouses could stay in the U.S. with their families while obtaining legal status. People who are undocumented and married to U.S. citizens will be able to apply for work permits...
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Our Child Care 101 Blog Series focuses on informing and educating voters who want to support child care When it comes to fixing our nation’s broken child care system, our leaders must address the worsening pay gap and low wages of Early Childhood Educators along with issues of child care affordability and accessibility. Early educators are not getting anywhere near the support they need as they provide the critical work of caring for our nation’s very future, our children. Child care work is...
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August 13, 2024
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This August we are celebrating National Breastfeeding Month and this year's theme is - Nourish, Sustain, Thrive! We're still on top of the world celebrating the the rights that pregnant and pumping workers have in the workplace. You can learn (and share) about the legal protections for pregnant and lactating workers at our blog ! While we'll continue to celebrate, we know that when it comes to meeting the needs of expectant families - there is still work to be done. In the U.S. 4 out of 5...
Two-weeks ago, I got a panicked call from my teen son. He had dislocated his knee at Judo practice, couldn’t get up, and didn’t know what to do. I told him to call an ambulance, then I hopped in the car to go to him. As I drove there, I was—of course—extremely worried about my son, but, if I’m being honest, I was also very worried about how much the ambulance ride and ER visit would cost, despite having insurance! No one should delay or avoid needed medical treatment because of cost, but it is...
