Family Economic Security

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

August 31, 2016

August marks the 20th anniversary of welfare reform , which created the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. As part of welfare reform, Congress also made new investments in the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) recognizing that low-income mothers need help...

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Hannah Matthews

Family Economic Security Paid Sick Days

August 24, 2016

The St. Paul City Council is voting on earned sick time TODAY! This is our final chance to have an impact on the outcome of this important ordinance.

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Sara Alcid

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Family Economic Security Health Care

August 24, 2016

“Where’s your EpiPen?” I’ve asked that question more times than I can count. I'm the mom of a food allergy kid. I have the sleepless nights. The grey hairs. The worry lines of that fate. My son, Connor, has had life-threatening anaphylactic allergies to foods—including to eggs—since shortly after...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

August 24, 2016

Twenty years ago, President Bill Clinton signed the law that placed a time limit on cash assistance for poor families with children and required some degree of work, job search, or training to receive benefits. The new program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), replaced Aid to...

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Debbie Weinstein

Family Economic Security Paid Sick Days

August 18, 2016

The Duluth City Council voted to create an earned sick time task force. Thank them for taking this important step & tell them that you support the introduction of an ordinance!

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Sara Alcid

Family Economic Security Paid Sick Days

August 9, 2016

What does this mean for St. Paul families? Well, for an average family without earned sick time, just 3.5 days of missed work is the equivalent to an entire month of groceries. Wow.

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Sara Alcid

Family Economic Security Military Families Paid Family Leave

August 1, 2016

Less than two years ago, I was blessed to become a mother. I wasn’t sure I’d ever be able to have children. Like many military women, I waited to try. When I became a helicopter pilot, I was usually the only woman in all-male units—and in that highly competitive world I didn’t want to take any time...

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U.S. Representative Tammy Duckworth

Family Economic Security Paid Sick Days

July 18, 2016

We can't afford any further delays on DC paid leave legislation. Tell the DC Council to prioritize the Universal Paid Leave Act when they reconvene in September!

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Sara Alcid

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Military Families

July 18, 2016

One military mom speaks out before Congress about the struggles her family faced to make ends meet and put food on the table while her husband served in the military.

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Erika Tebbens

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

July 12, 2016

In an important show of bipartisanship, Congress is on the cusp of an historic step to help many of the most vulnerable children in our nation who are abused and neglected and at risk of entering foster care and lingering in group care.

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