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Make Sure Your Child Has All The Essentials For A Productive School Year!

August 9, 2022
Studies have shown that academic performance and health insurance go hand in hand. Children who have health coverage miss fewer classes and perform better in school than those who are uninsured. But health coverage doesn’t just benefit students. Fewer missed days of school also mean fewer missed...
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Happy 25 to CHIP!

August 4, 2022
We are so ecstatic to celebrate the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)’s 25th anniversary! CHIP is a federal/state partnership program that helps insure kids in all fifty states. Making sure our children have health insurance ensures that we always give our kids a winning hand of lifelong...
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Community Violence Interruption Models Work to Reduce Gun Violence

August 4, 2022
I am the program manager of the Gate City Coalition, which is the Greensboro, NC branch of Cure Violence . Cure Violence works to end gun violence through a community violence interruption model. I was brought into this work when I was shot in the head in 2011. I do not consider myself to be a...
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We’ve added onto President Biden’s Executive Orders.

August 3, 2022
Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade took effect, we’ve been doing everything we can to secure our reproductive rights for every single person, in every single state. Their decision reversed our right at the national level to choose when, and if, we want to have children...
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WOW!! A MOMent in Arizona: Community Power Party

August 1, 2022
On July 7th, in Tucson Arizona, over 65 people came together to build power in their community. Women, fathers, children, and super volunteers all showed up to raise their voices and to demand action for women, families, and our national economy. at the community power party, volunteers signed...
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¡¡GUAU!! UN MOMento en Arizona: fiesta de poder comunitario

August 1, 2022
El 7 de julio, en Tucson, Arizona, más de 65 personas se unieron para generar poder en su comunidad. Mujeres, padres, niños y súper voluntarios se presentaron para alzar la voz y exigir acción para las mujeres, las familias y nuestra economía nacional. En la fiesta de poder de la comunidad, los voluntarios firmaron peticiones instando al Congreso a actuar sobre la inmigración y otras campañas importantes.
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Important: Changes Coming to Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility

July 26, 2022
By the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Do you or a family member currently have health coverage through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ? If so, you may soon need to take steps to find out if you can continue your coverage. Soon, states will resume Medicaid...
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Los maestros NECESITAN acceso a cuidado infantil

July 25, 2022
​​En junio pasado, el Center for American Progress publicó una columna sobre los beneficios de las inversiones en cuidado infantil para los educadores K-12. No se puede subestimar la necesidad de invertir en cuidado infantil a nivel federal. Las familias de todo el país le han estado mostrando al...
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Teachers NEED affordable childcare.

July 21, 2022
This past June, the Center for American Progress published a column on the benefits of child care investments for K-12 educators. The need to invest in child care on a federal level cannot be understated. Families around the country have been showing to Congress for years that our child care system is broken, and the pandemic only made things worse.
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Pivot and Change

July 6, 2022
Our innate capacity to adapt to our needs and changes in the environment is a core survival trait. We need to pay attention to the signs and signals that our human animal body is sending us because incredible innovation comes out of crisis. It’s about resilience, adaptability, and what natural part...
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