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The federal budget campaign champions the priorities of women, moms, and families in the federal budget. This campaign includes work on taxes/revenues, SNAP, WIC, Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Medicaid, CHIP, healthy school lunches, and more.

People are often surprised to hear that even a physician can end up on Medicaid...but I’m a great example that it can happen to anyone. I’m 32 years old, married, with two small children and I am a family physician. In January of this year, right at the beginning of a new plan year and new...Read more
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Did you see us at a football game? Learn why #CareCantWait

09/24/21
This message is from Tori and Carrie, two Pennsylvania moms. We promise this is important. We are both working moms with sons with exceptionalities, so we know what being overbooked, overworked, and overtired looks like! We know that your time is precious, and so we ask for your time now, because...
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Dear Congress: Need More Reasons to Build a Care Infrastructure NOW? Read This.

09/17/21
In our Care Economy Storybook 2021, MomsRising has captured powerful and moving stories from families across the nation about how hard it is to give care, and how our inadequate Care Infrastructure hurts families, businesses and our economy.
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
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A care infrastructure is good for business

09/16/21
Are you a small business owner? If so, ADD YOUR NAME to our letter in support of building a national CARE infrastructure that will help businesses safely rehire and rebuild!
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Sara Alcid
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Parents and Representative Meet to Celebrate Caregiving in Chester County, PA

08/26/21
In spite of the frenzy of back-to-school and end-of-summer, over 30 parents and community members came together in Chester County earlier this month to celebrate caregiving, and remind our members of Congress that essential programs like paid family and medical leave, early learning, and home and...
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Esperadas inversiones en nuestra infraestructura de asistencia un poco más cercanas con el apoyo de la Cámara de Representantes de EE. UU. a la reconciliación presupuestaria

08/25/21
DECLARACIÓN Declaración de Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, directora ejecutiva y CEO de MomsRising, una organización en línea y sobre el terreno de más de un millón de madres y familias, sobre la votación en la Cámara de Representantes de EE. UU. en apoyo al proyecto de ley de reconciliación: “Las mamás...
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Dear Congress: "The system is broken and it needs to be fixed." A Care Economy Storybook

08/19/21
It's not enough to go back to where we were. We need to build back better. In our Care Economy Storybook 2021, MomsRising has captured powerful and moving stories from families across the nation about how hard it is to give care, making the case that it doesn't have to be this way.
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Tell Congress: Build a Care Infrastructure ASAP

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/17448/?source=action">Tell Congress: Build a Care Infrastructure ASAP</a>

Congress is FINALLY poised to take much-needed action on childcare, paid leave, taxes, living wages and more; but we need to send in as many signatures as possible to help make sure that these policies don’t get pushed aside and overlooked as the final national recovery and infrastructure legislation is being crafted this week and in the weeks to come.

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Tell Congress: Build a Care Infrastructure ASAP

Quick Signature: Urge Congress to Make Improvements to the CTC Permanent and Build a Strong Care Infrastructure!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/19585/?source=action">Quick Signature: Urge Congress to Make Improvements to the CTC Permanent and Build a Strong Care Infrastructure!</a>

Congress must act now to save the Child Tax Credit by the end of 2021 and build a strong care economy. They need to hear us urging them to do what's necessary to build an economy where everyone can thrive. Take a few seconds to sign on to our letter.

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This program lifted millions of children out of poverty, it must continue!

How does the Child Tax Credit help your family?

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/17693/?source=action">How does the Child Tax Credit help your family?</a>

MomsRising wants to hear from YOU about how the newly expanded monthly Child Tax Credit payments will help your family. Share your story with us now!

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How does the Child Tax Credit help your family?

Leave the games to the kids, we need child care NOW!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/18330/?source=action">Leave the games to the kids, we need child care NOW!</a>

URGENT! Tell members of Congress to robustly fund child care in the final reconciliation package!

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Tell Congress that we can’t keep rolling the dice on child care!

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