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Education

Ohio Must Support Student Wellness and Education Equity: Creating False Choices Hurts Children and Ohio's Future

May 28, 2021 | Ohio
Solidarity In and Across Community

In Solidarity Stories from Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Community Leaders, a project of the National Asian American Leaders Table, stories ground us in the history and the possibility of solidarity practices and act as an entry point to commit to collective liberation among AAPI, Black, indigenous, and Latinx communities.

May 28, 2021 | National
Education

Anti-civics House Bill 3979 is effectively dead! Here's what happened.

May 28, 2021 | Texas
Child Welfare

Make your Mark: Learning to Advocate for Meaningful Policy Change

May 28, 2021 | Ohio
Child Poverty

To Build Back Better and Advance Racial Equity, Congress Must Pass a Robust Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) this Year

Children and families need ongoing support and access to healthy, nutritious meals during the pandemic and beyond. We cannot revert back to strict, outdated, and inflexible standards that leave millions of children—disproportionately Black, Latinx, and Indigenous children—behind and vulnerable to hunger. To truly build back better and advance racial equity, we must fully and finally eliminate barriers to healthy food and success for all children. Congress can—and must—begin right now and advance a bold CNR bill.

May 27, 2021 | National
Child Welfare

Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth Introduces Bipartisan Mentorship Bill for Foster Youth

Mentorship provides youth with the healthy, consistent relationships that are crucial for their well-being. The Foster Youth Mentoring Act (H.R. 3083) would create a comprehensive federal grant program to provide foster youth with healthy volunteer and peer mentor relationships.

May 27, 2021 | National
Education

The Asian American Mental Health Crisis Is Older Than Covid

May 26, 2021 | Texas
Child Poverty

Immigrant Children are Children, and All Children Should Be Eligible for the Child Tax Credit

More than 1 in 4, or approximately 18 million, children in the U.S. live with at least one immigrant parent or are immigrants themselves. For children—and this nation—to flourish and prosper, we must commit to policies that reflect this demographic reality and promote all children’s well-being. Yet far too many federal poverty-fighting tools operate from a default position of immigrant exclusion, leaving too many children behind. Our leaders must lean into this opportunity to make expansions to the Child Tax Credit (CTC) permanent, accessible, inclusive, and fair.

May 26, 2021 | National
Child Poverty

Economic Security Now and in the Future: How Ohio can smooth benefits cliffs and eliminate the confidence cliff

May 24, 2021 | Ohio
Child Welfare

Foster Youth Continue Advocacy to Have Their Voices Heard

May 21, 2021 | Ohio

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