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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy

03/14/17

The Coalition on Human Needs just released our latest edition of the Human Needs Report . Read on for articles on House Republicans’ plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, FY17 & FY18 budget and appropriations work, the revised travel ban, President Trump’s cabinet, worker...

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Lecia Imbery

Health Care Politics & Policy

03/14/17

On March 6, House Republican leaders unveiled legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and dismantle Medicaid. Read on for some of the key changes to the current law contained in the “American Health Care Act,” including changes to the exchanges, Medicaid, tax cuts for the wealthy, and more, as well as information on the impact on low-income and vulnerable populations, the CBO score, congressional reactions, and the process going forward.

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Lecia Imbery

Paid Family Leave

03/14/17

The constant stream of news out of Washington, D.C. is exhausting and I don’t know about you, but I am looking for every opportunity to put my energies where I know I can make a difference. You can make a difference, right here in Connecticut, by urging your state lawmakers to stand up for...

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Tina Sherman

Childcare & Early Education

03/13/17

*** Want more information on raising multilingual children? Visit MomsRising's bilingual parenting resource site: http://action.momsrising.org/survey/bilingual_baby/?source=blog My name is Gladis, I am the mother of three children and I have one child in special education. Last month, I testified...

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Gladis Clemente

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

03/13/17

We won the first time and we’ll win again by stomping out the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad bills introduced by Councilmembers Cheh, Evans, and Gray – and by ensuring that DC’s paid leave program receives its rightful start-up funding to get up and running for DC families.

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Sara Alcid

Take Action!

Childcare & Early Education Gun Safety Health Care Immigration MomsRising Politics & Policy

03/13/17

It’s Monday ! That means we have a new #5Actions list for you! (See below.) You can do all five of the actions on one day, or spread them out across the week, your choice. One thing is for sure: All the actions that people like you are taking across the nation right now are adding up and having an...

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Food!

03/10/17

If you skipped breakfast today, you may be finding it difficult to concentrate. You’re not alone. Tight family budgets and busy morning schedules can mean many students arrive at school hungry and unprepared for the day ahead. Fortunately, the National School Breakfast Program ("NSBP") can give...

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Jessie Hewins

Food!

03/10/17

It’s National School Breakfast Week! Join #FoodFri this week as we celebrate the many benefits of school breakfast – from improved learning to decreased tardiness – as well as the variety of ways schools can improve student participation in school breakfast programs. 12.1 million low-income...

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Migdalia Rivera

Childcare & Early Education MomsRising

03/10/17

Last year, over two thousand of Maryland’s youngest students in prekindergarten through second grade were given out-of-school suspensions or expelled. This is nearly twenty percent higher than the previous school year. Let that sink in for a second. Expelling pre-schoolers from school? This is not...

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Beatriz Beckford

Maternal Justice MomsRising Politics & Policy

03/10/17

UPDATE: Victory! L egislation to Raise the Age of criminal responsibility in New York from 16 to 18 passed as part of New York ’s Executive Budget . Let’s be clear. The fact that New York state incarcerates young people as adults is about systemic racism. New York is one of two states, including...

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Beatriz Beckford