CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND LETTER TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON SCHIP
For Immediate Release January 9, 2009 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, DC - This week the Children's Defense Fund sent the [...]
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CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND STATEMENT ON SECRETARY-DESIGNATE TOM DASCHLE’S SENATE CONFIRMATION HEARING
For Immediate Release January 7, 2009 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Children's Defense Fund President Marian Wright Edelman [...]
Read MoreSTATE OF AMERICA’S CHILDREN DETERIORATING ACCORDING TO NEW CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND REPORT
For Immediate Release December 23, 2008 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 Washington, D.C. – Today the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) released The [...]
Read MoreMARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN NAMED TO 2008 AMERICA’S BEST LEADERS LIST BY U.S. NEWS MEDIA GROUP
For Immediate Release November 25, 2008 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 Washington, D.C. — U.S. News Media Group, one of the nation's [...]
Read MoreCDF LAUDS CONGRESS FOR INCLUDING CHILD TAX CREDIT EXPANSION PROVISION IN FINANCIAL “BAILOUT” BILL
For Immediate Release October 3, 2008 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, President Bush signed the financial "bailout" which passed in [...]
Read MoreBestselling Author Marian Wright Edelman Releases New Book, the Sea Is so Wide and My Boat Is so Small
For Immediate Release September 23, 2008 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today Marian Wright Edelman, New York Times Bestselling author and [...]
Read MoreCDF 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 [...]
Read MoreCDF 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 [...]
Read MoreKATRINA’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 [...]
Read MoreCDF 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 [...]
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