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Children’s Budget 2015
First Focus | June 24, 2015 |
The federal government makes more than 200 distinct investments in children. These include traditional children’s initiatives like education and child abuse and neglect prevention. They …
Poverty and Child Neglect: What we Know and What we Need to Do
Shadi Houshyar (Former Staff) | January 27, 2014 |
This is the 4th in a series of First Focus blog posts commemorating the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty and offering modern …
Can you guess the average age of homelessness in the United States?
Madeline Daniels (Former Staff), First Focus Campaign for Children | July 27, 2015 |
The average age of a homeless person in the United States is just 11-years-old, according to Alex Rosen, Manager of the Chapman Partnership Homeless …
Big Ideas – Pioneering Change: Innovative Ideas for Children and Families
First Focus | March 11, 2015 |
The latest in our Big Ideas series, Pioneering Change: Innovative Ideas for Children and Families offers 14 ideas from leading lawmakers, children’s advocates, and policy …
Child Poverty and Homelessness Affect Education
Kevin Lindsey (Former Staff) | September 24, 2014 |
The past two weeks have brought data releases with encouraging news regarding child poverty and bad news regarding child homelessness. Both data releases have …
A Look Back at the UK Child Poverty Target: Transferable Themes for the United States
Natalie Branosky | April 7, 2015 |
Released with the Centre for Economic & Social InclusionUS and authored by Natalie Branosky and Jane Mansour, this report is a 14-year retrospective on …
The Racial Generation Gap and the Future for Our Children
Bruce Lesley | January 12, 2016 |
Children are not faring well in America. Over the course of the current campaign cycle, eight million children will be born in this country. …
How does the U.S. rank on early childhood education? Hint: not well
Madeline Daniels (Former Staff) | September 2, 2015 |
The earliest years of a child’s life are the most critical in terms of their cognitive and emotional development, setting the stage for future learning …
1,200 Organizations’ Letter to Congress: Act now to fund CHIP
First Focus | October 23, 2014 |
1,200 leading national, state, tribal, and local organizations concerned about the health and well-being of America’s children and pregnant women, wrote to Congressional leaders …
1,500+ Organizations Letter to Congress: Take Action to Fund CHIP
First Focus | February 26, 2015 |
Over 1,500 leading national, state, tribal, and local organizations concerned about the health and well-being of America’s children and pregnant women, wrote to Congressional …
Nine Million Reasons to Extend CHIP Funding Now
Bruce Lesley, Campaign for | September 20, 2017 |
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was originally published on Medium. In the midst of the chaos that is Washington, D.C., Congress is gambling with the health …
A Snapshot of Children Living in Poverty: 2016
Cara Baldari, Rachel Merker | September 20, 2017 |
Data from 2016 released this month indicated positive news for children, with the national child poverty rate dropping from 19.7 percent in 2015 to …
West Virginia Event Highlights Need to Put Kids First in Federal Budget
Rachel Merker, Campaign for | September 19, 2017 |
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was originally published at the Children’s Budget Coalition website. What does it look like to make children and families a priority …
Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP): Setting the Record Straight
Carrie Fitzgerald, Lisa Shapiro | September 18, 2017 |
The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provides health insurance coverage for over 9 million low income children and pregnant women. CHIP is a success …
In the News: Clock ticking down on children’s health funding
Bruce Lesley | September 18, 2017 |
From The Hill: BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL – 09/17/17 07:30 AM EDT WASHINGTON–Differences between the House and Senate ahead could threaten funding for a program that …
In the News: Kids Fest event in WV mixes education, fun
Rachel Merker | September 18, 2017 |
From the West Virginia Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON – While it may have appeared that Kids Fest was all about fun and games, organizers of Sunday’s …
Millions of Kids are Food Insecure, But Nutrition Programs Can Help
Rachel Merker, Campaign for | September 13, 2017 |
No child should have to worry about whether his or her family will be able to afford to put food on the table. But …
In the News: Income Up, Poverty Down Across the U.S.
Ari Goldberg | September 13, 2017 |
Income Up, Poverty Down Across the U.S. (Philadelphia Inquirer) Life improved overall in America in 2016, as income rose while poverty decreased, and the …
With 13 Million US Kids in Poverty, We Can Do Better
Cara Baldari | September 12, 2017 |
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released its annual data on children living in poverty in the U.S. and it confirms three things that we …
Census Data Highlights Devastating Effect of Poverty on Children
Ari Goldberg, Cara Baldari | September 12, 2017 |
WASHINGTON–New data published today from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that 18 percent of American children—13.3 million—lived below the poverty line in 2016, a slight decrease from …
The President’s 2015 Budget
Jared Solomon (Former Staff) | March 19, 2014 |
This fact sheet analyzes how children fare in the discretionary portion of President Obama’s fiscal year 2015 budget, highlighting notable increases, cuts, and new …