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Extending Funding for CHIP in 2015 is Key to Sustaining Gains for Children

02/19/15
In a time of partisan inertia, heightened concern about income inequality and the welfare of children, and disagreement about the ability of government programs to address serious problems, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), enacted in 1997 by a Republican Congress and Democratic...
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Gene Lewit
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Calling All Children's Health Supporters! (Simple ways you can show your support for CHIP)

02/19/15
MomsRising, Young Invincibles, and First Focus are working together to mobilize a groundswell of grassroots support for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Funding for this critical program is set to expire later this year unless Congress takes action, so it’s crucial that they hear...
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Felicia Burnett
Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Health Care Politics & Policy

How Healthier Kids Can Mean More Money for Schools

02/18/15
If you’re a parent or caregiver of a school-aged child, you’re probably familiar with the question, “But do I have to go to school today ?” All kids, no matter how much they like school, sometimes want to spend the day doing other things. (I suppose we don’t really outgrow that urge…) But though...
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Manel Kappagoda
Health Care

When Less is More: Every Mom Deserves a Healthy Childbirth, Every Baby a Healthy Start

02/18/15
The road to a safe and healthy birth in our over-medicalized maternal care system can be like a drive through a foreign city without a map. Confronted with countless options for medical tests, treatments and other, often unnecessary, interventions, pregnant women may wonder which way to turn. Pathway to a Healthy Birth is a new guide to help women find their way.
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Debra L. Ness
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#FoodFri Tweetchat: Let's Celebrate School Food Heroes!

02/16/15
This month, PreventObesity.net is celebrating school food heros. They are highlighting people who have gone above and beyond to ensure that all snacks in schools are Smart Snacks . In celebration of Valentine's Day, they named these amazing heros "Smart Snacks Sweethearts". As you might know, Smart...
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Migdalia Rivera
Family Economic Security

Latin@s In Tech Summit Is Back – MomsRising / MamásConPoder proud to be part of it!

02/16/15
AUSTIN, Tex. -- Mark your calendars. The hugely successful, standing-room only Latin@s in Tech Summit leading up to the South by Southwest Festival is back! This time there will be 33 nationally and internationally acclaimed entrepreneurs as speakers, more focused panels on key lessons learned by...
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Elisa Batista
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Jennie Joseph's JJ Way leads to better birth and breastfeeding outcomes

02/15/15
Tell us about your work and how it began. I was trained as a midwife in Great Britain in 1979 and moved to the United States in 1989. My experience has been quite diverse: European hospitals, American birth centers, clinics and homebirth environments. I’ve been instrumental in the regulation of...
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Jennie Joseph
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MomsRising Radio this week: A Valentine to #Childcare #FoodJustice #Healthcare and #Equality

02/14/15
On Valentine’s week we embrace the rising tide to increase access to affordable childcare, to healthy food for all, to healthcare coverage through the Affordable Care Act, and to justice. It’s an ode to awesome policy—and covers how to build and grow positive change! It’s a love story for democracy...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Monifa Bandele, & Sara Alcid
Health Care

DC-area Moms: Can you join us on Capitol Hill February 24th to protect Medicaid!?

02/13/15
Calling all DC-area moms: we need you on Capitol Hill February 24th to help tell our stories and protect healthcare for ALL families. Will you join us??
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Elyssa Schmier
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It’s 2015 and Tipped Wage Workers are STILL making $2.13/hour

02/13/15
February 13th is Tipped Wage Worker Day. Believe it or not, it has been 24 years since tipped wage workers have seen a raise. They still make $2.13/hour in many states. That is just crazy! We need to raise awareness, raise our voices, and raise the wage!
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Elyssa Schmier

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