May 18, 2026
Government Systems
Social security benefits application for kids should be online, advocates say
Online access will help children who have lost a parent First Focus on Children and other leading advocacy organizations...
May 14, 2026
Children's Health
Medicaid Threats Endanger Children’s Health Care
State Letters Threaten to End All Federal Medicaid Funding The Trump Administration’s decision to freeze more than a billion...
Apr 30, 2026
Child Nutrition
The Kid Angle: 24 Hours that Sidelined the Nation’s Children
In the last 24 hours, Congress has made clear — not once, but twice — that children are not...
Apr 30, 2026
Children of Immigrants
Farm Bill, DHS funding threaten millions of children
Children could see more immigration actions, fewer SNAP benefits In the last 24 hours, Congress has advanced legislation that unnecessarily...
Apr 23, 2026
Federal Budget & Tax
Child advocate blasts Senate measure to fund immigration enforcement
“Not one more dollar to ICE until we protect our children,” he says In response to the Senate’s adoption...
Apr 16, 2026
Tax Policy
The Kid Angle: Tax Day Tragedy — Sacrificing Babies for Billionaires
Tax Day 2026 has thankfully passed, but lawmakers’ failure to improve the Child Tax Credit to meaningfully help babies...
Apr 09, 2026
Child Nutrition
The Kid Angle: Trading Kids for 1 Hour of War
The FY 2027 budget President Trump proposed last week prioritizes military might above all else by cutting the social safety...
Apr 06, 2026
President’s Budget Would Take Billions from Kids
President Trump’s 2027 budget proposal, released Friday, sacrifices babies for bombs and billionaires, slashing critical programs for children and...
Apr 02, 2026
Child Care
The Kid Angle: The Real “Scam” is NOT Child Care
Today’s Kid Angle was going to be all about birthright citizenship, but let’s start with the news of today...
