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06/26/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "This Is Congress’s Chance to Fix the Health Care System for All Children"
On June 23, I testified before the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, to comment on its comprehensive health reform discussion draft. I pressed the Subcommittee on the need for health care reforms that extend affordable and accessible coverage with comprehensive benefits to all children in every state and urged them to simplify enrollment and retention, particularly in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). -
06/23/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Testimony for Hearing on the Comprehensive Health Reform Discussion Draft
CDF President Marian Wright Edelman's testimony for Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce's hearing on the Comprehensive Health Reform Discussion Draft on June 23, 2009. -
06/23/09
CDF Testimony on the Committee on Ways' and Means Hearing on Federal Funding for Early Childhood Home Visitation Programs
On June 23, 2009, CDF submitted written testimony to the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support in support of H.R. 2667, the Early Support for Families Act, which represents a significant step forward in establishing and expanding quality, evidence-based home visiting programs that can reach hundreds of thousands of children. -
06/19/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Insuring Taylor's Future"
Leigh Bernard expects her seven-year-old twin daughters Taylor and Sydney to grow into productive, self-sufficient adults. That shouldn’t be an unreasonable expectation as they're both bright, active children who are doing well at their school in Glen Allen near Richmond, Virginia. -
06/12/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Bridget's Battle"
Desni and Bob Crock want their two-year-old daughter Bridget to have everything she needs to fight the rare cancer that’s attacking her lung, but they find themselves fighting a second battle at the same time—a battle to survive financially because of soaring health care costs. -
06/09/09
Cradle to Prison Pipeline® Campaign Slideshow Presentation
This slideshow presentation created by CDF's Cradle to Prison Pipeline campaign details the various feeder systems the fuels the pipeline to prison, provides statistic about the pipeline and the feeder systems and the various steps that can be taken to dismantle the pipeline. -
06/05/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Santa Clara County Probation Program’s Alternative to Warehousing Youths"
At the Children’s Defense Fund’s Cradle to Prison Pipeline® Summit in Sacramento, California, we heard from young people from Missouri and California who are trying to get out of the pipeline with the help of caring adults. -
05/29/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Empowering the Next Generation Through the CDF Freedom Schools® Program"
Close your eyes and think about the words summer school. What comes to mind? If you picture a room full of children clapping, chanting, laughing and learning to fall in love with books and reading, you could be imagining the experience thousands of children across the country are about to have over the next few months as they participate in the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools® program. -
05/27/09
Cradle to Prison Pipeline® Health Factsheet
CDF's Cradle to Prison Pipeline Campaign is a national and community crusade to engage families, youth, communities and policy makers in the development of healthy, safe and educated children. Poverty, racial disparities and a culture of punishment rather than prevention and early intervention are key forces driving the Pipeline. Inadequate access to healthcare also fuels the Pipeline. For a child, going without regular health care can mean living in poor health, missing days of school, and falling behind in school. -
05/22/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "A Song for Anna"
Bill La Croix began singing to his daughter Anna as soon as she was born. Picking his banjo, he sang to his little blue-eyed girl about the mountains outside their Victor, Montana, home. But Anna didn’t hear her father’s music. When she was about 14 months old, Bill and Anna’s mother, Amy, discovered their child was deaf.
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