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Ben Dawson2018-06-19T12:20:32-05:00[ September 23rd, 2008 ]

Child Welfare

CDF APPLAUDS CONGRESS FOR PASSING BILL TO HELP HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE

For Immediate Release September 23, 2008 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) commended Congress for giving [...]

Ben Dawson2018-06-19T12:20:32-05:00[ August 28th, 2008 ]

Health

CDF PUBLISHES DATA SHOWING GLARING HEALTH DISPARITIES FOR MINORITIES

For Immediate Release April 28, 2008 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, D.C. - In honor of National Minority Health Month, the [...]

Ben Dawson2018-06-19T12:20:32-05:00[ August 26th, 2008 ]

Child Welfare Ending Child Poverty

KATRINA’S CHILDREN STILL NEGLECTED THREE YEARS LATER

For Immediate Release August 29, 2008 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Children's [...]

Ben Dawson2018-06-19T12:20:32-05:00[ August 26th, 2008 ]

Ending Child Poverty Health

CDF STATEMENT ON NEW DATA SHOWING NEARLY 9 MILLION UNINSURED CHILDREN, 13.3 MILLION CHILDREN IN POVERTY IN 2007

For Immediate Release August 26, 2008 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Children's Defense Fund (CDF) President Marian Wright Edelman issued [...]

Ben Dawson2018-06-19T12:20:48-05:00[ July 11th, 2008 ]

Health

HUNDREDS OF DC AREA YOUTH MARCH TO US CAPITOL TO SUPPORT HEALTH COVERAGE FOR ALL CHILDREN

For Immediate Release July 11, 2008 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today more than 500 local youth from the Children's [...]

Ben Dawson2018-06-19T12:20:48-05:00[ June 26th, 2008 ]

Gun Violence Prevention

CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND DISAPPOINTED BY SUPREME COURT’S DECISION IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA V. HELLER

For Immediate Release June 26, 2008 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, D.C.— Children's Defense Fund (CDF) General Counsel Susan Gates today [...]

Ben Dawson2018-06-19T12:20:48-05:00[ April 16th, 2008 ]

Service Announcements

CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND ANNOUNCES THREE ADDITIONS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

April 16, 2008 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3611 WASHINGTON, DC—The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) announced today it has added three new members [...]

Ben Dawson2018-06-19T12:21:53-05:00[ March 26th, 2008 ]

Ending Child Poverty

CDF REPORT FINDS LOW-INCOME FAMILIES LOSE BILLIONS TO PREDATORY COMMERCIAL TAX PREPARERS

March 26, 2008 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3611 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Low-income families lost billions in tax year 2005 in Earned Income Tax [...]

Ben Dawson2018-06-19T12:21:53-05:00[ February 4th, 2008 ]

Child Welfare

CDF CALLS PRESIDENT BUSH’S FY09 BUDGET SHAMEFUL

February 4, 2008 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3611 WASHINGTON, DC — The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) today blasted President Bush’s FY09 budget [...]

Ben Dawson2018-06-19T12:21:54-05:00[ January 28th, 2008 ]

Child Welfare

CDF URGES PRESIDENT BUSH TO MAKE CHILDREN A PRIORITY IN HIS LAST YEAR IN OFFICE

January 28, 2008 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3611 WASHINGTON, DC In response to President Bush's final State of the Union address, the Children's [...]

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