Publications

Child Poverty

“STARTING TO LIVE”

Our pilot revealed the transformative potential of unconditional cash to help young people emerging from foster care to experience stability and a sense of control over their own lives—to truly experience a transition to adulthood.
Child Poverty

Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson's Budget Reconciliation Letter

The House-passed budget reconciliation package poses a grave threat to making that vision a reality. So, we are calling on you and your colleagues in the Senate to consider and pass a package that centers the needs of children and families.
CDF-Ohio State Budget Priorities FY2026-2027
Child Poverty

Family Stability & Economic Mobility: Expanded Child Tax Credit as a Key Anti-Poverty & Child Welfare Prevention Strategy

Children’s Defense Fund and Chapin Hall are collaborating to advance evidence-based strategies that strengthen child and family well-being. This brief focuses on the promise of making permanent the pandemic-era expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC).
Child Welfare

Child and Family Wellbeing Fund One-pager

Legislation creating a new Child and Family Wellbeing Fund would support children’s growth and development by investing resources in 10 communities that have been historically disenfranchised and targeted for government intervention through the child protective services (CPS)/child welfare system for 5 years.
Child Welfare

Child and Family Wellbeing Fund White Paper

This paper brings together our collective learning and explains the proposed New York State Child and Family Wellbeing Fund. We welcome conversations about the Fund and we hope this document will generate those discussions.
Immigration

Statement for the Record U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs “Remain in Mexico”

Based on our extensive expertise working at the intersection of immigration policy and child well-being, CDF-TX strongly opposes reinstatement of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), widely known as the Remain in Mexico policy.
Immigration

Policy Overview RE Bills Blocking Access to Education for Immigrant Children

The 89 Texas legislative session will begin January 14, 2025, and the filing period for bills started in November, which means that some of the proposed legislation that will be considered and voted on by our state legislature has already been introduced.
Child Health

Texas Hospitals Required to Ask About Immigration Status

As of November 1, 2024, Executive Order GA-46 requires the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to direct Texas hospitals to ask patients about their immigration status.
Policy Agenda

CDF-MN Parent & Caregiver Quarterly Newsletter

Community Engagement: Our team is establishing a network of activists, leaders, community members and parents for the organization and the broader child advocacy movement.