Families Deserve a Robust, Permanent Simplified Tax Filing Option
It’s time for the IRS to create a permanent, robust simplified filing process, so all families can easily access crucial programs like the CTC and EITC.
Read MoreNew Report Shows Half of Children are Covered by Medicaid. States Must Ensure These Children Don’t Lose Coverage.
Any gaps in health coverage are harmful for children and their families. Our partners at Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) just released a new report with strategies for states to ensure children don’t lose coverage when the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement ends.
Read MoreChildren Need Safety, Security, and Stability: How Immigration Enforcement Policies Harm Children
Esther Reyes & Mina Dixon Davis This blog post is cross-posted from the CDF-Texas Blog . The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) envisions a nation where [...]
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This is the Starting Point: A Pathway to Citizenship is Essential for Children
Citizenship must be the starting point, and not the destination, in securing opportunities for all children to grow and thrive. As CDF’s new infographic and factsheet shows, citizenship means better opportunities for improved health and mental health outcomes, strengthened health care access, and much more to support children’s healthy development.
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Congress Must Invest in Safe, Healthy, Inclusive Schools
We know school policing and harsh, exclusionary school discipline practices harm students, so we joined 90 civil rights and education organizations to call on Congress to advance critical legislation to provide safe, healthy, and inclusive school climates.
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Dr. King’s Choice…and Ours
From 2008 to 2018, I served as pastor of Saint John’s Church, a multi-racial congregation in St. Louis. Centering the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s public vision, we called ourselves “beloved disciples building Beloved Community.” This hope-filled picture of a transformed nation animated our work together—in faith for justice.
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Families should be receiving a CTC payment today. Instead, they’re worrying about how to make ends meet.
On this day last year, my son and I watched events unfold just two miles from our new home in Washington, D.C. Dallas—my artist, the empath among my four children who feels deeply all that he sees around him—was unnerved in the place where I was moving my family. He watched, with children across the nation, as the hopes for his well-being were attacked at the Capitol.
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Raising Democracy – A letter from Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson
On this day last year, my son and I watched events unfold just two miles from our new home in Washington, D.C. Dallas—my artist, the empath among my four children who feels deeply all that he sees around him—was unnerved in the place where I was moving my family. He watched, with children across the nation, as the hopes for his well-being were attacked at the Capitol.
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When you make a gift to CDF, you can give with confidence knowing we take stewardship of your gift seriously. CDF is highly rated by many organizations, including GuideStar, Charity Navigator, Great Nonprofits, BBB Wise Giving Alliance, and America's Best Charities. This recognition is a demonstration of our commitment to accountability and stewardship to our donors and our mission.
Read MoreCDF Provided Opportunity to Reimagine its Black Student Leadership Network through NBA Foundation Grant
With support from the NBA Foundation, CDF will soon revitalize its historic efforts to develop a pipeline of Black servant leaders who will lead today’s movements and guide us towards a brighter future where children, especially our most marginalized, are provided every opportunity to thrive.
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