Families & The Federal Budget

April 25, 2016

I grew up in a family that was long on challenges and short on money. To be frank, my parents were both alcoholics and had untreated mental health issues, and we didn’t have much money after my dad lost his job in the 1980’s and we moved to a small town in rural MN. Because of where I have been,...

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Randi Schmidt

Families & The Federal Budget Politics & Policy

April 23, 2016

EarthDay.png I’m old enough to remember when Earth Day was mostly about planting trees and recycling. Since then, it’s taken on a whole new urgency as we’ve ( most of us , anyway) realized that this climate change thing is real, it’s our fault, and it’s serious. So it’s strange to realize that on...

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Lindsay Koshgarian

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Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

April 20, 2016

Summer, and mosquito season, is quickly approaching yet the U.S. Congress is dragging its feet on passing emergency funding so we are prepared for a potential Zika Virus outbreak. We need YOU to take action now. Write your members of Congress tell them to pass emergency funding for Zika as soon as possible!

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Elyssa Schmier

Families & The Federal Budget

April 18, 2016

This Tax Day, we need YOU to reach out to Congress and tell them tax breaks for working families, not just wealthy corporations!

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Elyssa Schmier

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

April 15, 2016

Hunger doesn’t take a summer vacation and poor children like Linda who rely on free and reduced price breakfast and lunch during the school year to keep the wolves of hunger at bay face a long summer of food deprivation. “It was hard without school during the summer, but being able to qualify for something like food stamps or having a food pantry near us, that helped a lot,” Linda says, but at the end of the month, “it was kind of like a hit-or-miss kind of situation.”

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Marian Wright Edelman

Families & The Federal Budget

April 15, 2016

April 18th is Tax Day! You will be paying your taxes but some wealthy corporations will be skipping out on billions of dollars in taxes. Lets send them and Congress a message on Twitter from 2-3pm ET.

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Elyssa Schmier

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

April 15, 2016

Maverick Bishop says he and his mom have stayed in every homeless shelter there is in San Francisco. When there wasn’t room in the shelters, they slept in hospital lobbies, along with other, even-less-desirable locations. Yesterday, he shared his story with members of Congress to try to protect and expand programs that helped him and his mom, and shed light on the need for more resources for programs to help others escape poverty.

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