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Celebrate Freedom Week: Y’all Means All

September 20, 2019 | Texas
Child Health

Tennessee Proposal to Restructure Its Medicaid Program Would Set a Dangerous Precedent

Tennessee released a plan last Tuesday to fundamentally restructure its Medicaid program, known as TennCare. If the proposal were to be approved by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the state would become the first in the country to convert Medicaid to a block grant and this would set a dangerous precedent for other states to follow suit.

September 20, 2019 | National
Child Poverty

Homelessness Crisis: Luxury Real Estate Owners Aren't the Victims

During a visit to California earlier this week, President Trump made it clear who he believes to be the true victims of the homelessness crisis: luxury real estate owners.

September 19, 2019 | National
Child Poverty

Bipartisan House Bill will keep Youth Leaving Foster Care from Homelessness

As many as one third of the roughly 20,000 youth who age out of foster care each year experience homelessness in the years after emancipation despite being eligible for a special category of housing vouchers, but a new bill aims to fix that.

September 17, 2019 | National
Child Health

Protecting Immigrants: Census Health Insurance Rates Data

September 13, 2019 | Texas
Gun Violence

CEOs Call on Senate to Address Gun Violence Crisis

In the United States, a child or teen is killed with a gun every 2 hours and 34 minutes. Between routine gunfire and mass shootings, our national obsession with guns continues to result in the senseless and unnecessary loss of young lives.

September 12, 2019 | National
Child Welfare

Protecting Immigrant Communities Newsletter: 9/6/19

September 11, 2019 | Texas
A Win for NYC Students: Our work this summer on the new discipline code

Over the past many weeks I’ve traveled to all corners of the City and across all five boroughs to attend community engagement sessions set up by the Department of Education (DOE) to discuss needed reforms to the Student Code of Conduct.

September 9, 2019 | New York
Child Health

Protecting Immigrants: We Cannot Look Away

September 6, 2019 | Texas
Child Health

Without deferred action, sick immigrant children are at greater risk

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently eliminated non-military “deferred action,” forcing sick children and their families to choose between life-saving medical treatment or the risk of deportation.

September 5, 2019 | National

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