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Moms want child care and Head Start in the budget!

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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Families & The Federal Budget MomsRising

La Ley SAVE es un proyecto de ley anti-votantes que haría más difícil que millones de personas puedan votar.

03/12/26
Esta semana, el presidente Trump elevó la presión al máximo, prometiendo que se negará a firmar cualquier legislación —incluidos proyectos de financiamiento cruciales— hasta que el Senado de Estados Unidos apruebe el desastroso SAVE America Act , que restringe significativamente los derechos de...
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Jeannina Perez
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Immigration MomsRising Parenting & Families Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages Social & Emotional Development

Hop, Skip, and Jump to it, Congress–Families Demand HHS Unfreeze the Child Care Cuts!

02/26/26
When the MomsRising MOMbassador team invited me to attend a Senate hearing on the Hill about child care fund freezes, I thought to myself, what do I as a stay at home mom have to add to this discussion? What can I learn from the experience and how can I move public policy further for families?...
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Jean Montgomery
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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Food! Gun Safety Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice

Sparkling Strategies for Storybook Delivery and Family Activism Success

02/04/26
New Year’s is a time for reflection, joy, and moving forward with resolution, with goals in search of realized outcomes. As I was reflecting on this and considering my vision for 2026, I got the invitation from MomsRising to join other Mombassadors in a “Disco Day of Action,” to sparkle, shine, and...
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Jean Montgomery
MomsRising members and staff with Rep. Pramila Jayapal at Mombassador storybook delivery event
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Gun Safety Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice Paid Family Leave Reproductive Justice

“Don't Be Disco-nnected From Families" Mombassador Program Reflections

01/30/26
When you are raising young kids who learn at the speed of light, you have to do what you can to keep up with them. You have to evolve, and you have to adapt. You learn very quickly as a parent that taking the weight of the world on your own is not an option. Parents roll up their sleeves, they...
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Daniella Knight
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Our Connecticut member Luna Rosado shares her SNAP and Medicaid story at a DC roundtable event
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Our Stories: Luna Rosado Shares SNAP and Medicaid Story at Roundtable Event in Washington D.C.

12/16/25
Our Connecticut member Luna Rosado shares her story at the Democratic Women’s Caucus’ roundtable event “Trump the Grinch: The Impact of Republicans’ Disastrous Economy on Women and Families this Holiday Season.” As a single mother of three working since she was 15 years old, Luna thanks SNAP,...
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Hanna Addis
Health Care

In case you missed it: MomsRising's November Community Meeting

12/10/25
On November 20th, Leader Stacey Abrams and Dr. Michelle Sternthal ( Community Catalyst’s Director of Government Affairs) joined us for our November Community Zoom Meeting . Thank you to everyone who joined us—we were so excited to see you! Even though the government shutdown is over, many families...
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Diarra Diouf

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TAKE ACTION to Protect Children With Disabilities!

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Congress MUST put pressure on the Trump administration to reinstate staff at the Department of Education

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Dept of Ed cuts education for Children With Disabilities

Stop the SAVE Act!

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The SAVE Act will disenfranchise voters, place undue burdens and severely impact working-class Americans, older Americans, and women who’ve changed their last name as well as those who’ve lost documents due to natural disasters.

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SIGN NOW to protect SNAP!

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Tell Congress to back the Senate version of the Farm Bill that protects SNAP and reject the Republican-led House version that would increase hunger!

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TAKE ACTION NOW to protect Head Start!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/33525/?source=action">TAKE ACTION NOW to protect Head Start!</a>

Republican leadership in Congress want to cut funding for our country’s most successful early learning program, Head Start by $750 million, depriving roughly 80,000 children access to this critical program!

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SIGN NOW to oppose cuts to Head Start!