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You've Come A Long Way, Baby! The Fight for Paid Family Leave in Maryland

October 20, 2015
My eleven year old daughter Maeve is excited. She and I were at a debate watch party when former Maryland Governor (and Presidential candidate!) Martin O’Malley said with great pride that he had expanded parental leave in our state. I’m not going to lie, I screamed with joy. That’s my bill! My...
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Ariana Kelly
Blog Carnivals Families & The Federal Budget

Housing Matters

October 19, 2015
In the 2013-14 school year, there were 1.36 million homeless students in the United States, doubling since before the recession.
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Linda Couch
Blog Carnivals Families & The Federal Budget Food! Health Care

WIC: #StopTheCuts to Protect Women and Children!

October 19, 2015
Many of you are probably familiar with WIC—the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children—and what a vital role it plays in ensuring healthy, nutritious diets for families facing financial difficulty. However, did you know that in addition to providing a healthy food...
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Elisabet Eppes
Blog Carnivals Families & The Federal Budget

Stop the Cuts: Public Programs Lift Millions of Women and Children Out of Poverty

October 19, 2015
Some members of Congress are putting public programs that are vital to women and families on the chopping block—despite evidence showing that these programs lift millions of Americans out of poverty each year. With poverty levels as high as they are, we can’t afford to let Congress cut these...
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Amelia Bell
Blog Carnivals Families & The Federal Budget

Let’s Stop The Tax Cuts For Corporations Instead

October 19, 2015
How much would it cost to #stopthecuts to all the non-defense programs threatened by sequestration next year? $37 billion . And even if the sequester is averted, funding for these programs would be at historically low levels , following years of reduced funding. Some Members of Congress refuse to...
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Reggie Oldak
Blog Carnivals Families & The Federal Budget

Building a Better UI Program for Today’s Working Mothers

October 19, 2015
The 80th anniversary of unemployment insurance (UI) passed with little notice in August. Passage of time alone does not explain UI’s sad, sorry state. Instead, deliberate limitations were built into the program’s beginnings while others have been adopted during its history. Studies show that women...
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Rick McHugh
Blog Carnivals Families & The Federal Budget

Budget Cap Will Cap Dad’s and Daughter’s Futures

October 19, 2015
This is a somewhat abbreviated version of a post published on Poverty & Policy. You can read it here: http://wp.me/pobp0-289 I first met Peter* on a street corner in my neighborhood, where he was selling Street Sense , the newspaper for homeless people in the District of Columbia. He now does...
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Kathryn Baer
Families & The Federal Budget

Six Things You Should Know About the Debt Ceiling

October 19, 2015
The U.S. is expected to reach the debt ceiling in just 18 days, on November 3. And then the trouble starts.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
Food!

Join your Local Wellness Committee!

October 19, 2015
A local school Wellness Policy is a "written document of official policies that guide a local educational agency (LEA) or school district's efforts to establish a school environment that promotes students' health, well-being, and ability to learn by supporting healthy eating and physical activity...
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Karen Showalter
Blog Carnivals Families & The Federal Budget

Five Reasons We Can’t Wait for Universal Preschool

October 19, 2015
All at once, I changed jobs and our part-time babysitter moved on after three terrific years: the scramble was on for loving, enriching child care at a price that didn’t break our family’s budget. Maybe you’ve been there. Maybe it was 30 years ago, or maybe just last year. Maybe you’re not a parent...
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