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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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Family Economic Security Health Care

The Care Economy Emergency — Millions Risk Losing Vital Home- and Community-Based Services

09/08/26
Federal budget cuts targeting Medicaid are threatening vital Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) — forcing states to restrict in-home support for seniors and individuals with disabilities. Join us and take action!
MomsRising Together
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Kelsey Reyes
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Mom to Mom: Why Politicians Need to Hear from Moms Like You and Me

08/13/26
Key Takeaways: MomsRising member Kat De La Cruz shares why her advocacy work with MomsRising has empowered her to share her story and fight for families. Kat learned through her advocacy with MomsRising that every person has a story to share that sharing it can result in real change. While...
MomsRising Education Fund
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Kat De La Cruz
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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care MomsRising

When Mothers Rise

08/13/26
The Big Picture Mombassador Nathalie shares how MomsRising empowers moms to embrace all that encompasses motherhood and to find strength in transforming their experiences into powerful tools for advocacy before our elected leaders. Nathalie discusses the ways that moms can be predictably challenged...
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Nathalie Demirdjian-Rivest
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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Paid Family Leave

The Mothers We Failed

08/05/26
The Essentials Mombassador Nathalie Demirdjian-Rivest discusses the unique challenges faced by mothers in the United States, from soaring costs to globally substandard social policies. Nathalie shares her personal experience of being a working mother, juggling caregiving and professional...
MomsRising Education Fund
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Nathalie Demirdjian-Rivest
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Family Economic Security Health Care

Tell Congress to Reverse the Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP — Demand Relief from H.R. 1

07/03/26
One year after the passage of Donald Trump’s H.R. 1 bill, everyday families are suffering from devastating cuts to healthcare and vital food assistance. Moms across the nation are facing surging costs, hospital closures, and reduced benefits while taxpayer money funds unnecessary vanity projects. Read on to see how you can join MomsRising to demand that Congress restore essential funding to SNAP and Medicaid.
MomsRising Together
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

Tell Congress to Support the Mom Declaration — A National Blueprint for Life, Liberty and Happiness

07/03/26
This 4th of July, we’re raising our voices to make it easier and more affordable for families to build good lives. Add your name to the Mom Declaration for Life, Liberty, and Happiness! We’ll deliver it to Congress so they know what we expect them to be working toward.
MomsRising Together
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

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TAKE ACTION NOW to protect Head Start!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/33525/?source=action">TAKE ACTION NOW to protect Head Start!</a>

Republican leadership in Congress want to cut funding for our country’s most successful early learning program, Head Start by $750 million, depriving roughly 80,000 children access to this critical program!

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SIGN NOW to oppose cuts to Head Start!

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!

Quick signature: Lower health care costs and end #Trumpflation

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/55429/?source=action">Quick signature: Lower health care costs and end #Trumpflation</a>

2025 has been the year of sticker shock and health care cuts—and Americans are in immediate need of some relief.

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Quick signature: Lower health care costs and end #Trumpflation

TAKE ACTION to tell Congress: Stop being a Grinch on Child Care!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/35683/?source=action">TAKE ACTION to tell Congress: Stop being a Grinch on Child Care!</a>

Our families have been struggling for 51 years! Enough is enough!

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TAKE ACTION to tell Congress: Stop being a Grinch on Child Care!