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Moms want child care and Head Start in the budget!

The federal budget campaign champions the priorities of women, moms, and families in the federal budget. This campaign includes work on taxes/revenues, SNAP, WIC, Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Medicaid, CHIP, healthy school lunches, and more.

People are often surprised to hear that even a physician can end up on Medicaid...but I’m a great example that it can happen to anyone. I’m 32 years old, married, with two small children and I am a family physician. In January of this year, right at the beginning of a new plan year and new...Read more
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Graphic for Moms Have the Receipts! Spring Admin Party Hangouts occurring March 28 to April 12, 2026
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Host a MomsRising Spring Hangout to Demand Solutions for the Family Affordability Crisis

04/06/26
Between March 28 and April 12, 2026, MomsRising is organizing nationwide Spring "Admin Party" Hangouts to strategize and address the family affordability crisis. We are gathering our "receipts" — from grocery bills to child care costs — to show Congress and the administration the real-world financial pressure on American families.
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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

Tell Congress to Protect Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services — HCBS

04/06/26
This Medicaid Awareness Month, MomsRising is fighting to protect Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS). These essential services allow older adults and people with disabilities to live and age with dignity in their own homes rather than in costly institutions. With federal funding under attack, your voice is needed to tell Congress to safeguard this critical care infrastructure.
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Felicia Burnett
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Turning that Workbeat Around

04/01/26
My youngest daughter and I took time to celebrate Women’s History Month and join MomsRising.org last week. We met with some amazingly powerful women from the Democratic Women's Caucus to mark Equal Pay Day—the day in the year when the average American woman makes the amount the average American man...
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Equal Pay Day 2026: Why We Must Protect EEOC Data to Close the Wage Gap

03/26/26
Equal Pay Day 2026 serves as a stark reminder of the persistent gender and racial wage gaps that fuel the current affordability crisis. MomsRising is calling on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to protect the EEO-1 data collections, a vital tool for ensuring workplace fairness and transparency.
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Taylor Austin
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President Obama signing the Affordable Care Act with advocates and families looking on.
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Tell the U.S. Senate to Renew Expired ACA Tax Credits and Protect Affordable Health Care

03/23/26
On the 16th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), families are facing a new crisis as critical premium tax credits have been allowed to expire. While the House has passed an extension, MomsRising is mobilizing to ensure the U.S. Senate acts immediately to lower costs and prevent skyrocketing premiums for millions of Americans.
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Felicia Burnett
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LIVE from Pennsylvania: The Real State of Our Union Town Hall with MomsRising and the Democratic Women's Caucus

03/19/26
MomsRising is on the ground in Carlisle, PA, for a powerful community town hall to share the Real State of Our Union for women, workers, and families. Our Pennsylvania Town Hall begins today at 5:30-8:00 PM ET .
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Tell your Senators: Pass the expanded CTC NOW!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/36663/?source=action">Tell your Senators: Pass the expanded CTC NOW!</a>

Help us get the bipartisan tax package and the expanded Child Tax Credit across the finish line by signing our letter to the Senate now!

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SIGN our letter to the Senate saying “expand the Child Tax Credit!”

Tell Congress: Undo the SNAP Cuts!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/55660/?source=action">Tell Congress: Undo the SNAP Cuts!</a>

Tell Congress to reverse the sweeping cuts to SNAP by signing the Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act!

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Tell Congress: Undo the SNAP Cuts!

Tell Congress to reject cuts to SNAP (Food Stamps)!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/45988/?source=action">Tell Congress to reject cuts to SNAP (Food Stamps)!</a>

Tell Congress to reject the cuts to SNAP (food stamps) benefits that hardworking families rely on to put food on the table!

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SIGN NOW to Protect SNAP!

TAKE ACTION: Head Start over Billionaires!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/53979/?source=action">TAKE ACTION: Head Start over Billionaires!</a>

The Republican Controlled-Congress must STOP holding Americans' health care hostage while leaving child care hanging. End the shutdown IMMEDIATELY!

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Don't Shutdown Head Start!