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07/24/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Eleven-year-old Ronald's Troubling Predicament"
Eleven-year-old Ronald has just finished the fourth grade at his New Orleans elementary school. During the school year he was enrolled in an after-school Children's Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools® program, which seeks to help children fall in love with reading, increase their self-esteem, and develop more positive attitudes toward learning. -
07/17/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Children Demand Real Child Health Reform Legislation in Congress for All Children"
As legislators on Capitol Hill make crucial decisions right now to reform America's broken health care system, thousands of children across the country raised their voices demanding health coverage for all children during the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools® annual National Day of Social Action. -
07/15/09
CDF President Marian Wright Edelman's Testimony on the Youth PROMISE Act
CDF President Marian Wright Edelman written testimony for a hearing on the Youth PROMISE Act before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security of the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 15, 2009. -
07/10/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Let's Stop Playing the Lottery with Our Children’s Health"
As Congress drafts legislation to reform America's health care system, our Senators and Representatives must consider the impact of the unjust lottery of geography on children like Carlos Sanchez (not his real name). For five years, Carlos, 15, received pediatric care at the Upper Cardozo Health Center, one of the 39 sites that are a part of Unity Health Care, Inc. -
07/10/09
What It Takes to Rebuild a Village After a Disaster
The Katrina Citizens Leadership Corps (KCLC), made up of over 250 displaced residents from the Gulf Region, sought to highlight and offer strategic solutions to the maze of problems and issues confronting displaced families and children as they try to make their way home. The KCLC released this exhaustive report on their findings at a press conference in New Orleans on July 10, 2009. -
07/06/09
Questions and Answers about the Family Connections Grants
The Children's Defense Fund and Generations United created a Questions and Answers document about the new Family Connections Grants (FCG) from the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2009. -
07/03/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Health Coverage: Making Too Little, Making Too Much?"
The James family in Fort Worth, Texas, should be celebrating right now. After losing his last job due to the difficult economy, Jason James, who worked as a supervisor at a warehouse company, had been searching for new employment for months. -
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 Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce's Hearing on the Comprehensive Health Reform Discussion Draft
Mrs. Edelman testimony before Energy and Commerce Committtee. -
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.
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