Family Economic Security

Child Care 101: The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG)

Holy acronym! If you hear the term “CCDBG” or even if you haven’t heard of it, it refers to the Child Care & Development Block Grant. The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) provides federal funding to states for child care subsidies for low-income families with children under age 13. Families with children from birth to age 13 whose income is below 85% of the state median income are eligible on the federal level. States can set income eligibility anywhere below that ceiling, and many do.

¡Dile al Congreso “hagan que las ricas corporaciones paguen impuestos” este Día de los Impuestos!

Hoy es el Día de los Impuestos (¿Te acordaste de enviar tu declaración de impuestos? Tienes hasta la medianoche de hoy.) y queremos enviar un mensaje alto, fuerte y poderoso al Congreso de EE.UU. para decirles que deben entrar en acción hoy para asegurar que las personas y las corporaciones ricas...

Victories! The State of the Union (SOTU), the Oscars, and YOUR Story!

On the radio show this week we cover what really happened in the State of the Union (Hint: Victories!); how to get help through the ACF; the ability of culture change to push legislative change – and what you can do too; and we also hear from an award-winning author about the power of YOUR story. *...

What in the IVF is Going On? Moms Are in Crisis: The GOP Wants to Keep Them There.

The battle for mom votes broke through in our national consciousness again last week with a dystopian State of the Union response by Alabama Republican Senator Katie Britt. She centered herself in a kitchen that looked like a stage set, using her motherhood to peddle her fear-based vision of America. Rife with misinformation, Britt used words and a delivery that served to increase viewers' anxiety in an already anxiety- and despair-saturated America. A place where women's freedoms are evaporating.