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Five-year waiting period hurts children, women
Michele Kayal | September 10, 2021 |
Today’s introduction of the Lifting Immigrant Families Through Benefits Access Restoration Act of 2021 (LIFT the BAR Act) would level the playing field for thousands of …
Statement: SNAP increase will strengthen food security for 15.8 million children
Tim Smith | August 16, 2021 |
Bruce Lesley, president of First Focus Campaign for Children, made the following statement in response to the Biden Administration’s revision of the USDA’s Thrifty …
Statement: HEAL for Immigrant Families Act expands health care access for immigrants
Michele Kayal | May 13, 2021 |
Bruce Lesley, president of First Focus Campaign for Children, made the following statement in response to the introduction of “The Health Equity and Access under …
More than 250 advocate groups urge White House to fight child poverty
Michele Kayal | April 20, 2021 |
More than 250 national, state, and local organizations are urging the White House to build on the extraordinary child poverty-fighting measures in the latest …
This is the moment — How ordinary people can help America’s kids
Michele Kayal | April 15, 2021 |
It shocks many people to know that the United States has among the highest rates of child poverty in the developed world. That 15 …
More than 500,000 children would benefit from House immigration bills
Michele Kayal | March 18, 2021 |
Immigration bills would spare families “toxic fear” of separation Today, the House of Representatives passed the American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 (H.R. …
COVID relief passes with aid for millions of children
| March 10, 2021 |
Biggest policy gain for children in decades The American Rescue Plan passed just moments ago by the House of Representatives marks the biggest policy …
Victory for immigrant youth in Dream and Promise Act
Michele Kayal | March 5, 2021 |
Advocates welcome expanded provisions, disappointed by juvenile justice exclusions In response to the introduction of the Dream and Promise Act, Bruce Lesley, President of First …
120 lawmakers prioritize children, new scorecard says
Michele Kayal | February 4, 2021 |
117th must build on momentum to tackle challenges, opportunities One-hundred-and-twenty members of Congress made children a priority in 2020, according to a new analysis …
Editorial Board Memo: One single issue will unite the country
Michele Kayal | January 13, 2021 |
To the members of the Editorial Board: Congress has now certified that Joe Biden will be Inaugurated as our nation’s 46th President on January …