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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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MomsRising member Jean's three kids joining her for MomsRising's "Moms Have the Receipts" event
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Moms Brought Receipts — Tell Congress to Address Affordability Chaos!

05/13/26
MomsRising MOMbassador and Maryland mom-of-three Jean Nguyen brought her three children to join MomsRising and Mamás con Poder for our Mother's Day “Moms Have the Receipts!” Day of Action on April 28, 2026, to share members’ experiences (and our actual receipts) directly with lawmakers and show them just how hard it is to balance a budget these days.
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Tell Congress to Protect Medicaid — Stop Rural Hospital Closures

04/27/26
Massive cuts to Medicaid are pushing rural hospitals and maternity wards to the brink of collapse, threatening the health and economic stability of families across the country. We must urge Congress to restore vital funding and ensure that life-saving care remains accessible in every community.
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Our Tax Dollars, Our Families: Show Congress the Real-World Receipts of the Affordability Crisis

04/13/26
As the 2027 budget proposal threatens deep cuts to health care and child care to fund military spending, MomsRising is launching a national receipts campaign. We are collecting the real monthly costs families pay for essential needs to create a giant visual record for lawmakers this Mother’s Day.
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Jeannina Perez
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Tell Congress: No Cuts to Health Care and Child Care to Fund War — Stop the "Big, Ugly Bill 2.0"

04/13/26
The administration has released a 2027 budget proposal that threatens to slash funding for essential family programs like health care and child care. MomsRising is mobilizing to stop "Reconciliation 2.0" — a legislative process that would divert taxpayer dollars away from our communities to fund historic military increases and human rights abuses.
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Host a MomsRising Spring Hangout to Demand Solutions for the Family Affordability Crisis

04/06/26
Between March 28 and April 12, 2026, MomsRising is organizing nationwide Spring "Admin Party" Hangouts to strategize and address the family affordability crisis. We are gathering our "receipts" — from grocery bills to child care costs — to show Congress and the administration the real-world financial pressure on American families.
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Tell Congress to Protect Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services — HCBS

04/06/26
This Medicaid Awareness Month, MomsRising is fighting to protect Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS). These essential services allow older adults and people with disabilities to live and age with dignity in their own homes rather than in costly institutions. With federal funding under attack, your voice is needed to tell Congress to safeguard this critical care infrastructure.
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Tell Congress: We Need Childcare & Healthcare, Not Menstrual Education!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/47211/?source=action">Tell Congress: We Need Childcare & Healthcare, Not Menstrual Education!</a>

This week, President Trump proposed we support moms and increase birth rates through menstrual education, as he continues to gut essential programs like Medicaid and Head Start. Sign on and tell Congress: we need childcare & healthcare, not menstrual education.

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Tell Congress: We Need Childcare & Healthcare, Not Menstrual Education!

Quick signature: Lower health care costs and end #Trumpflation

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/55429/?source=action">Quick signature: Lower health care costs and end #Trumpflation</a>

2025 has been the year of sticker shock and health care cuts—and Americans are in immediate need of some relief.

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SIGN NOW to protect WIC!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/31806/?source=action">SIGN NOW to protect WIC!</a>

With rising food costs, and increased program participation, it is more critical than ever that we strengthen and protect WIC! Sign our letter to Congress now.

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SIGN our letter calling on Congress to protect and robustly fund WIC!

SIGN NOW! Tax breaks for families, not corporations!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/35859/?source=action">SIGN NOW! Tax breaks for families, not corporations!</a>

SIGN our letter telling Congress to prioritize expanding the Child Tax Credit instead of giving more tax cuts to wealthy corporations.

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Tell Congress: expand the Child Tax Credit!