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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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A home health care aide providing compassionate support to an aging adult at home.
Family Economic Security Health Care

The Care Economy Emergency — Millions Risk Losing Vital Home- and Community-Based Services

09/08/26
Federal budget cuts targeting Medicaid are threatening vital Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) — forcing states to restrict in-home support for seniors and individuals with disabilities. Join us and take action!
MomsRising Together
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Kelsey Reyes
MomsRising member Kat with her family
Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Health Care Maternal Justice

Mom to Mom: Why Politicians Need to Hear from Moms Like You and Me

08/13/26
Key Takeaways: MomsRising member Kat De La Cruz shares why her advocacy work with MomsRising has empowered her to share her story and fight for families. Kat learned through her advocacy with MomsRising that every person has a story to share that sharing it can result in real change. While...
MomsRising Education Fund
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Kat De La Cruz
MomsRising member Nathalie holding her baby during MomsRising/DWC/Mamás Caucus "Moms Pay the Price"
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care MomsRising

When Mothers Rise

08/13/26
The Big Picture Mombassador Nathalie shares how MomsRising empowers moms to embrace all that encompasses motherhood and to find strength in transforming their experiences into powerful tools for advocacy before our elected leaders. Nathalie discusses the ways that moms can be predictably challenged...
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Nathalie Demirdjian-Rivest
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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Paid Family Leave

The Mothers We Failed

08/05/26
The Essentials Mombassador Nathalie Demirdjian-Rivest discusses the unique challenges faced by mothers in the United States, from soaring costs to globally substandard social policies. Nathalie shares her personal experience of being a working mother, juggling caregiving and professional...
MomsRising Education Fund
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Nathalie Demirdjian-Rivest
Four women holding signs reading "Moms Rising for Democracy, Medicaid, SNAP & WIC, and Child Care
Family Economic Security Health Care

Tell Congress to Reverse the Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP — Demand Relief from H.R. 1

07/03/26
One year after the passage of Donald Trump’s H.R. 1 bill, everyday families are suffering from devastating cuts to healthcare and vital food assistance. Moms across the nation are facing surging costs, hospital closures, and reduced benefits while taxpayer money funds unnecessary vanity projects. Read on to see how you can join MomsRising to demand that Congress restore essential funding to SNAP and Medicaid.
MomsRising Together
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

Tell Congress to Support the Mom Declaration — A National Blueprint for Life, Liberty and Happiness

07/03/26
This 4th of July, we’re raising our voices to make it easier and more affordable for families to build good lives. Add your name to the Mom Declaration for Life, Liberty, and Happiness! We’ll deliver it to Congress so they know what we expect them to be working toward.
MomsRising Together
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

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Tell your Senators: Pass the expanded CTC NOW!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/36663/?source=action">Tell your Senators: Pass the expanded CTC NOW!</a>

Help us get the bipartisan tax package and the expanded Child Tax Credit across the finish line by signing our letter to the Senate now!

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SIGN our letter to the Senate saying “expand the Child Tax Credit!”

Tell Congress: Make the expanded Child Tax Credit permanent!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/17812/?source=action">Tell Congress: Make the expanded Child Tax Credit permanent!</a>

Sign our petition NOW calling on Congress to make the improvements to the Child Tax Credit permanent!

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Tell Congress: Make the expanded Child Tax Credit permanent!

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!

Quick Signature: Tell Congress to say NO to a budget that funds human rights abuses and mass deportations!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/47086/?source=action">Quick Signature: Tell Congress to say NO to a budget that funds human rights abuses and mass deportations!</a>

Join us today in telling the Republican-led Congress they must not cut Medicaid, Social Security, and other programs for families to pay for horrific and cruel policies.

Take Action!
Tell Congress to say NO to a Republican-led budget that fuels human rights abuses and mass detention, paid for by cuts to Medicaid and other programs that lift families and the economy!