The Potential Impact on Children and Families of Ending Federal Funding for CHIP in 2015
Though the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) has proven successful, earning broad bipartisan support among policymakers and voters, Congress has...
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Though the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) has proven successful, earning broad bipartisan support among policymakers and voters, Congress has...
While the Great Recession technically ended in June 2009, many families, including those with children, continue to feel the...
On November 20th, the Obama Administration announced executive actions to help fix the nation’s broken immigration system. The reforms...
This brief is authored by The Legal Center for Foster Care and Education, a collaboration between the American Bar...
Kids’ Share 2014 is the seventh annual analysis of federal spending and tax investments in children and families. This...
A new analysis for First Focus by Bill O’Hare shows that children in rural communities are more likely than...
Data can be an incredibly powerful tool for child welfare advocates, policymakers, and program administrators in their work to...
More than 8.3 million children, or 11 percent of all children in the United States, live in homes where...
The State Policy Advocacy and Reform Center is proud to release a new brief, Prevent, Protect & Provide: How...