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Proposed HEALS Act Fails to Aid Unprecedented Food Insecurity

August 5, 2020 | New York
Immigration

Children’s Defense Fund – Texas statement regarding the president’s memorandum on excluding undocumented individuals from the apportionment base following the 2020 Census.

The Texas office of the Children’s Defense Fund is outraged by the President’s recent memorandum on the Census, in which he attempts to mandate that undocumented Americans be excluded in the final census count used to apportion Congressional representation.

August 4, 2020 | Texas
Immigration

Trump is Using COVID-19 to Ban Asylum-Seekers: Speak Out in Opposition!

August 3, 2020 | Texas
Rethinking and Reworking Strategies to Help Youth Complete High School during COVID-19

July 31, 2020 | Ohio
Child Health

Youth Voices: Mental Health and Me

My hope for the future, for our nation’s children, is for there to no longer be stigma around mental health. Our future relies on the success of our children and youth. If we aren’t taking care of them now, how can we be sure they are taken care of in the future? This passion has encouraged me to start a nonprofit organization. One that provides mental health services to youth in areas where these services aren’t available. One that uplifts children of color and shows them that anything is possible. And one that may change everyone’s opinion about mental health.

July 31, 2020 | National
Immigration

Protecting Immigrant Communities Newsletter: 7/31/20

July 31, 2020 | Texas
Child Health

The Senate’s Proposal, the HEALS Act, Falls Far Short of Meeting the Needs of Children and Families in Crisis

The Senate returned to work last week promising to unveil additional COVID-19 relief legislation that their Republican leadership said would focus on “making sure we take care of our kids” in the face of the unprecedented national economic and public health crisis. This week, they finally introduced their idea of relief—The HEALS Act—and it falls far short of the meeting the needs of children and families in this country.

July 30, 2020 | National
Child Health

How the ACA Helped a Family Take Care of a Member with Stomach Cancer

July 30, 2020 | Texas
New Yorkers Continue to Struggle with Food Insecurity Due To COVID-19 Pandemic

July 29, 2020 | New York
Racial and Geographic Disparities in New York’s Burden of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children

July 29, 2020 | New York

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