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Child Lead Poisoning: Preventable Harm
A Webinar co-sponsored by the Coalition on Human Needs, First Focus, Children’s Leadership Council, Partnership for America’s Children, and the National Head Start Association. The lead poisoning of children (and adults) in Flint, Michigan has focused...
El Día de los Niños—Celebrating Young Americans
Hotel Monaco, Washingon, DC
As part of National Latino Children’s Institute's annual El Día de los Niños celebration, NLCI is hosting a luncheon briefing on the “Status of Latino Children in the US.” NLCI will recognize Senator Bob Melendez (D-NJ) for...
Institute for Justice in Journalism 2016 Fellowship Program
Georgia State University Department of Communication, Atlanta, GA
Nowhere is the U.S. demographic shift being felt sooner and more dramatically than in schools. By 2020, one in three children will be an immigrant or have an immigrant parent. How schools are responding to the...
Impact of ICE Raids & Deportations on U.S. Citizen Children, Unaccompanied Children, and Families
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
The influx of unaccompanied children that began in 2014 at the U.S. southern border which continues today is an international humanitarian and refugee crisis in desperate need of resolution. Thousands of young lives are in jeopardy...
Healthy Coverage, Healthy Kids: Exploring How Children Fit Into the Changing Health Coverage Landscape
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
Join us for a lunch briefing that will provide insight into the dynamic world of kids’ health. Child health experts will share how coverage for children works, including covered pediatric benefits, out-of-pocket costs for families, and...
Reducing Child Poverty: Transferable Themes from the United Kingdom
B-318 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
First Focus and InclusionUS, in conjunction with the Congressional Tri-Caucus, held this briefing on transferable themes from the United Kingdom in reducing child poverty. Children continue to disproportionately experience poverty in the United States. In 2014, over...
Undocumented, Unaccompanied, and Citizen: Charting Research Directions for Children of Immigration
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
In effort to address this reality, the conference Undocumented, Unaccompanied, and Citizen: Charting Research Directions for Children of Immigration will set a national research agenda in behavioral and social sciences focusing on undocumented children, unaccompanied alien children entering...
Services Matter: How Housing and Services Can End Family Homelessness
U.S. Capitol Visitor Center – HVC 200, Washington, DC
Sponsored by The Bassuk Center on Homeless and Vulnerable Children & Youth. In cooperation with the Congressional Caucus on Homelessness. Speakers: Carmela J. DeCandia, Psy.D., Chair, Advisory Board, The Bassuk Center on Homeless and Vulnerable Children & Youth, Needham,...
Breaking Through With Wendy Cervantes
Join First Focus's Wendy Cervantes at 1 p.m. E.T. to learn more about the ICE raids on Central American families on the popular DC-based radio show Breaking Through, which covers the top topics facing the nation from a perspective that...
Beyond Housing Conference
Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan, New York, NY
The Beyond Housing Conference is convened by the Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness. Don’t miss this opportunity to join fellow practitioners, policymakers, and service providers to share new and effective programs, solutions, and policies aimed...