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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

10/16/13

As an assistant Head Start teacher, I see the impact of the program every day. Our program in Chicago has children who would continue to have rotting teeth and no childhood immunizations without the support and requirements of the program. Children who are non-communicative, developmentally delayed...

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Marianne Flanagan

10/16/13

You would think it would be an easy sell. There is clearly a correlation between women in executive suites and on corporate boards and higher returns. When women serve on corporate boards, profits and productivity increase. Diversity of perspective and experience create better decisions, rigorously...

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Valerie Young

Families & The Federal Budget

10/15/13

Is this seriously up for debate? Does the necessity of WIC really need to be justified? Who questions whether or not support, matter of fact community support, is needed?! I remember... I remember being six months pregnant, college graduate, laid off from a high-paying medical sales career, talking...

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Ashley Wright

Paid Family Leave

10/15/13

Generally the Latino culture promotes the healthy habit of breastfeeding babies until their first year of life. But upon arriving to the United States we find barriers to nursing, which impact our own health, but most of all, that of our children. There are varying reasons for these challenges...

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Ruth Vasquez

Families & The Federal Budget Childcare & Early Education

10/15/13

I've been furloughed from the CDC in Atlanta; there are thousands of us here. We are anxious to get back to work. We work on strategies to reduce chronic illness like heart disease and diabetes and we are not allowed to work. It doesn’t make sense that this Congress is holding us hostage. My family...

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Loren Cadena

Podcast

10/14/13

On this show we cover the government shutdown and it's impact on real people. We also cover how you can get access to affordable healthcare coverage through the new insurance exchanges courtesy of the Affordable Care Act. Special guests include: Anne Philipic, President of Enroll America; Amanda...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Childcare & Early Education

10/11/13

The shutdown of the federal government is disastrous for millions of women, families, and households across America. A few examples: Almost 9 million mothers and children under five lost their vouchers for food, baby formula, and breastfeeding support under the Special Supplemental Nutrition...

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Valerie Young

10/11/13

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who's signed up to deliver a Back to School Storybook to your local school this month! We're eager to remind school administrators that moms are excited about the new nutritional standards for school lunches! Thank you so much for helping with this effort! Interested in...

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Karen Showalter

Health Care

10/11/13

It’s really hot in the Rose Garden and I am standing behind President Obama, trying not to fidget. I don’t know where to look, so I stare at the back of his head. It’s a nice head. He’s talking about the Affordable Health Care Act, which everyone can start signing up for today, October 1. When I...

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Amanda Barrett

Food!

10/11/13

El año pasado mi hijo empezó en Kindergarten. Fue bien emocionante para los dos porque después de casi 5 años de estar en una guardería con sus mejores amigos y con maestras excelentes, iba a entrar a un mundo desconocido. No les voy a mentir pero estaba bien nerviosa y preocupada por el ya que...

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