Families & The Federal Budget

Families & The Federal Budget Food! Realistic & Fair Wages

June 5, 2017

Happy Monday! We're back with five new and important actions for this week, from protecting the Women's Bureau, to demanding equal pay, to organizing a fun meet up in your community. You are powerful! Take all 5 actions at once, or do one a day. Your choice. What matters most is that you continue...

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Karen Showalter

Families & The Federal Budget

June 4, 2017

When 57 of the biggest, most recognizable children’s organizations in the country say the President’s proposed budget is going to harm America’s kids, it would be a good idea to pay attention. According to the Children’s Budget Coalition (CBC)—which includes dozens of children’s groups across the...

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John Monsif

Environmental Health Families & The Federal Budget Politics & Policy

June 2, 2017

Shouldn’t we all have a stake in ensuring all residents of our nation have safe water to drink, clean air to breath, food on the table, a place to call home, a good education, and quality, affordable health care? Public investments to ensure basic living standards for all Americans should be what we do. It's called “having a country.” President Trump's budget would end that.

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Lecia Imbery

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

June 2, 2017

Alameda County in California straddles the San Francisco Bay area and stretches from Silicon Valley north to Oakland and Berkeley. A major branch of the San Andreas Fault lies beneath the most densely populated part of the county. That’s where Betty lives. She was hard at work full time in the...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Food! Health Care

June 2, 2017

At 1,000 Days, we believe that children are the foundation of a country’s greatness . When young children thrive, so do nations. It is why we are deeply concerned by the Trump Administration’s proposal to slash funding for basic nutrition, health and anti-poverty programs that give children here in...

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Lucy Sullivan

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Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Politics & Policy

May 30, 2017

"Don't play with our kids." Michelle Obama's statement - in response to US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue's declaration he will roll back or delay key elements of the healthy school meal standards - pretty much sums it up. Healthy food for kids isn't a game. It isn’t a partisan or a...

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Karen Showalter

Breastfeeding Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Health Care MomsRising Politics & Policy

May 26, 2017

It’s an emergency! Your voice is needed — and is powerful! Sign up to drop by your members of Congress' office(s) to drop off, or share, important materials on health care and SNAP (food stamps). We'll send you everything you need for a successful visit! Sign up here: http://action.momsrising.org/...

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Casey Osborn-Hinman

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

May 25, 2017

Twenty-three million fewer Americans would receive coverage if the American Health Care Act becomes law – yet another sign that this so-called health care reform bill is one of the most destructive acts ever to emerge from Congress. We also know that people with pre-existing conditions could be...

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Debbie Weinstein

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

May 24, 2017

Minority health programs cut by 10 percent. Juvenile justice programs cut nearly in half. Housing for the elderly cut by 46 percent; housing for people with disabilities cut nearly 57 percent. Job training to assist ex-offenders reintegrating into their communities cut nearly 28 percent. Out of the...

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Lecia Imbery

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Families & The Federal Budget

May 23, 2017

President Trump's budget was released today; there are numerous implications for women, moms, and families. This is my analysis of how the budget is affecting the programs that matter most to families. This is the single largest reduction in anti-poverty programs we have seen in a generation. Trump...

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