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New York Child Care Win Shows the Power of Moms

January 20, 2026
ICYMI, Governor Kathy Hochul and recently elected Mayor Mamdani of New York City announced BIG investments in child care in the Empire State that would put the state on the path to universal child care in a few years! Governor Hochul has committed $4.5 in this year’s fiscal budget – and that would...
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Tell Congress to Demand HHS Restore & Protect Child Care Funding NOW

January 12, 2026
URGENT: While families are still struggling with rising costs across the board, the Trump administration has disastrously halted funding to 5 “blue” states, ripping child care, planned cash assistance, and threatening the ability of families to go to work, to survive, and to thrive. Tell your...
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Justice for Renee Nicole Good. Tell Congress to stop funding harm.

January 8, 2026
Renee Nicole Good should be alive today, and we are grieving her loss. She was a mother in Minneapolis whose life was taken by an ICE officer just blocks from where she lived, a parent to her six-year-old, a wife, a poet, and someone known for her kindness. [1] In the aftermath of this violence,...
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10 Things to Know About the New York State Child Care for All Plan

January 6, 2026
In November, the Empire State Campaign for Child Care (ESCCC) released its “New York State Child Care for All” plan to achieve universal child care in New York. This plan is a result of years of listening to child care providers, parents, and community leaders and advocates. It has been carefully...
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How are rising health care costs impacting you?

December 18, 2025
It’s been a long year. Together, we’ve advocated fiercely for policies that enable our families and communities to thrive, and we’ve mobilized growing pressure on Republican leaders in Congress to roll back the devastating health care cuts passed in Trump’s Big Ugly Bill and to extend the expiring...
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Your November Dispatch is here!

December 17, 2025
Welcome to the November Dispatch! Thank you for being a part of our growing, powerful Moms Next Door program! What’s the Moms Next Door Dispatch? Each month, you’ll receive the Moms Next Door Dispatch (Scroll down!)—a monthly toolkit that will arrive in your inbox to provide you and your community...
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The Politics of Harming Patients

December 17, 2025
Mom used to say, don't cut off your nose to spite your face. But that is exactly what the Trump administration is doing. In order to punish one of the biggest providers of affordable health care, Republican leaders are hurting the people of the United States. In an effort to force the closure of...
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Our Stories
Our Connecticut member Luna Rosado shares her SNAP and Medicaid story at a DC roundtable event

Our Stories: Luna Rosado Shares SNAP and Medicaid Story at Roundtable Event in Washington D.C.

December 16, 2025
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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The One Big Ugly Bill

December 15, 2025
Last summer, Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill. It’s certainly big but it’s truly ugly. The centerpiece of the bill was $4.5 trillion in tax cuts that flowed to the richest Americans, offset by about $1 trillion in cuts to priority programs that allow people to build good lives, like...
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DREAMers, TPS recipients & Asylees deserve stability & dignity!

December 11, 2025
Last week, Donald Trump called Somali immigrants “garbage” [1] [2] and doubled down on policies to strip legal status from immigrants who have lived and worked in the United States for years by ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for countries such as Haiti, [3] South Sudan, [4] Venezuela [5]...
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