Families & The Federal Budget

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

February 28, 2017

The number of children receiving child care funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) fell to a 17-year low. More than 373,000 in need have lost access to child care since 2006.

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Lecia Imbery

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Maternal Justice MomsRising Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

February 24, 2017

It’s been a little over a month since the Women’s March. I was humbled and honored to have been part of the sister march in Miami, FL, and to this day still have not been able to wrap my mind around the magnitude of the experience. Today, I think about the energy and drive it took for all those who...

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Lina Acosta Sandaal

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

February 21, 2017

Congress is currently in its first recess of the year. The Coalition on Human Needs just released our latest edition of the Human Needs Report, with a look at what members tackled before the break, and what's waiting for them when they return on Feb. 27. Read on for articles on FY17 & FY18 budget and appropriations work, House Republicans' plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, President Trump's cabinet, and worker protections under threat.

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Lecia Imbery

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

February 16, 2017

The U.S. Senate is slogging through the nomination process of Cabinet-level presidential appointments. Several positions remain unfilled and one position – the Director of the White House Office of Management of Budget (OMB) – is of particular importance to the Children’s Budget Coalition, which is...

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John Monsif

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

February 15, 2017

Today, Andrew Puzder withdrew his nomination to be the United States Secretary of Labor, a major victory for America’s working moms, dads and families and a demonstration of the power of grassroots activism. Half of all primary breadwinners are moms. The U.S. Department of Labor is critical to the...

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Families & The Federal Budget MomsRising Politics & Policy

February 13, 2017

In the weeks leading up to the vote confirming Betsy DeVos as secretary of education, the switchboards on Capitol Hill were overwhelmed with calls. Hill staff noted that some senators received 25,000 or more letters and emails about DeVos, most in opposition to her nomination. Concerned parents,...

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Rebecca Ullrich

Families & The Federal Budget Politics & Policy

February 10, 2017

The Pentagon hid $125 billion in waste. But the Trump Administration and Congress are preparing to give even more money to the Pentagon for the current fiscal year and for years to come.

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Lecia Imbery

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

February 10, 2017

Within hours of taking the oath of office, President Trump took steps to continue the GOP’s pledge to repeal the Affordable Care Act. His Republican counterparts on Capitol Hill, however, missed their first self-imposed deadline on passing legislation to do so. President Trump signed an executive...

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Lecia Imbery

Breastfeeding Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy

February 7, 2017

As you have probably heard by now, Congress is trying to repeal health coverage by gutting the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This is a big deal. Independent, credible experts agree that a repeal of the ACA without an immediate replacement would leave almost 30 million people uninsured, including 4...

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Abbie Gately

Families & The Federal Budget Immigration

February 3, 2017

If you are reeling from the series of Executive Orders and Memoranda issued by President Trump in his first two weeks in office, and horrified by what clearly seems to be an unconstitutional, un-American and unjust ban on Muslims from seven countries that has caused outrage at home and abroad, keep reading.

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