Elijah Cummings
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Senate Champions for Children take action to cut child poverty and reduce racial disparities
Cara Baldari, First Focus Campaign for Children | October 30, 2015 |
Thirty-seven percent of African American children in the United States are living in poverty, a rate that is among the highest in our nation. For …
Census Data Makes Clear We Need a National Child Poverty Target
Cara Baldari, First Focus Campaign for Children | September 16, 2015 |
Today the U.S. Census Bureau released its 2014 data on income and poverty in the United States and unfortunately, the status quo remains. 21.1 …
Why a child poverty target is good education policy
Kevin Lindsey (Former Staff), First Focus Campaign for Children | June 1, 2015 |
While both the House and Senate continue work on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA, the primary federal education legislation), Congressman Danny Davis …
How to Combat Child Poverty in the U.S.
Bruce Lesley | May 29, 2015 |
This blog post also appears in Huffington Post. Our nation’s leaders must do better than simply accept or ignore that 14.7 million, or 20 …
The Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2015
Cara Baldari, First Focus Campaign for Children | May 19, 2015 |
One in five children in our nation live in poverty, and children continue to experience higher rates of poverty than any other age group …
Charm City’s Children and Our Future
Bruce Lesley | May 8, 2015 |
“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. The potential for greatness lives within each of us.” – Frederick …