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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. -
06/18/09
Family Connection Grants: Q&A
Q&A about the new Family Connections Grants from the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2009 -
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. -
05/22/09
Comments from the Children’s Defense Fund: Expanding Health Care Coverage: Proposals to Provide Affordable Coverage to All Americans
CDF's comments on “Expanding Health Care Coverage: Proposals to Provide Affordable Coverage to All Americans,” released by the Senate Finance Committee on May 11, 2009.
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