Tax Day Choices
April 18 was Tax Day in the United States, and this year, the day was an especially sad reminder that the refundable, monthly expanded Child [...]
Read MoreTwo Christmas Eve Lessons
On this Christmas Eve I share again the powerful lessons in a pair of Christmas Eve sermons given by two of my mentors, the Rev. [...]
Read MoreCaring for Children this Holiday Season
During this holy season, as those of us who are Christian celebrate the birth of a poor, homeless child, let’s commit to standing up and [...]
Read MoreCongress Honors CDF’s Beloved MaryLee Allen’s Lifelong Work to Protect the Most Vulnerable Children
In October, the most significant provisions of the Family First Prevention Services Act (Family First) took effect. Family First was signed into law in [...]
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Prayers for the Holy Season
All during the Christmas season, as millions celebrate a poor, homeless child Christians call Savior, I think about the irony of some political leaders proposing [...]
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We Must Stop Destroying our Children
“There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues – the most dominating virtues of human [...]
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The Census Citizenship Question and Children
Who counts as a person in America? The answer is more complicated than it should be. Every ten years the government is required by the [...]
Read MoreTheir Lives and Futures Remain on Hold
Daniela Gonzalez is a mother of two who lives in Jackson, Mississippi. She graduated from middle and high school in Jackson and is now enrolled [...]
Read MoreBig Rainbows in the Political Clouds for Children: Some Really Really Good News
God has sent some huge rainbows in the clouds for vulnerable children amidst a profoundly negative political climate. Good news these days has been few [...]
Read MoreKeeping Promises
“You promised.” Children learn the value and power of those words very early on as they begin to develop a sense of morality and trust. [...]
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