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Immigration

Protecting Immigrant Communities Newsletter - November 4th, 2020

November 4, 2020 | Texas
The Importance of a COVID Vaccine for New York Children

October 30, 2020 | New York
Child Poverty

California Immigrant Families Will Benefit from New Tax Credit Eligibility

Last month, Governor Newsom signed AB 1876, which removed exclusions of Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) filers for the California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC) and Young Child Tax Credit (YCTC), making it possible for people who do not have a Social Security Number (SSN) to claim credits.

October 30, 2020 | National
Education

Safe and Inclusive Learning Environments Can Improve Students' Wellbeing and Academic Success

Students deserve safe, healthy, and inclusive learning environments and access to equitable educational opportunities. Schools can foster these learning environments by implementing policies that ensure students have equal access to facilities and activities; promoting and supporting LGBTQ-inclusive student clubs; and providing professional development for staff to give educators the tools they need to be supportive and intervene when needed. Rather than feeling unsafe or uncomfortable, students deserve to have all of their identities supported and celebrated in school.

October 30, 2020 | National
Immigration

Children’s Defense Fund of Texas Strongly Opposes the Proposed New Requirements for Immigrant Sponsors

October 30, 2020 | Texas
Child Health

Black Lives Matter Initiatives: A Three Part Approach to Support the Movement

October 29, 2020 | Texas
Child Nutrition

Without another Relief Bill from Congress, a Growing Number of Families Cannot Afford to Put Food on the Table

October 28, 2020 | Ohio
Youth Justice

This Youth Justice Action Month, We Celebrate State Advocacy to Protect and Support Our Young People

Even before the pandemic, criminalization and incarceration threatened young people’s short- and long-term health, development, and economic opportunities and fueled devastating racial disparities. In honor of Youth Justice Action Month, we’re proud to uplift the exciting work of our CDF colleagues in New York and California to protect and support justice-involved young people amid the pandemic and beyond.

October 26, 2020 | National
Child Poverty

The strong case for child allowances to fight for racial justice & against child poverty

The COVID-19 crisis has shed light on the parallel pandemics - poverty and racism - with which we are all too familiar. Right now, the ten million children who are already living in poverty and millions more are experiencing the highest amount of hardship than any other age group.

October 23, 2020 | National
Immigration

A Ballot of Hope

I can’t really pinpoint the first time I became politically engaged. I can’t remember a moment where politics wasn’t on my mind.

October 22, 2020 | National

Starsky Wilson stands at a podium in front of a crowd.

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