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CDF Official Idol Gives Back Beneficiary
 CDF is thrilled to be an official Idol Gives Back 2008 beneficiary. During the special broadcast of American Idol, on April 9, that raised awareness and benefited select U.S. and international charities, CDF Board Member Reese Witherspoon highlighted CDF's work for children. We are immensely grateful to FOX and our longtime friend and Academy Award® winning actress Reese Witherspoon for showing the millions of American Idol viewers nationwide that every step we take to improve the lives of children improves the lives of all of us. As CDF turns 35 this year we could not ask for a better birthday gift!
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Test Your Knowledge about Child Poverty in America
Did you know that a baby is born into poverty in America every 35 seconds? Did you know that almost 13 million — one out of every six — children in America live in poverty?
CDF's Cradle to Prison Pipeline® Campaign is a national call to action to stop the funneling of tens of thousands of youth down life paths that often lead to arrest, conviction, incarceration and even death. Poverty is the largest driving force behind the Pipeline crisis, exacerbated by race. Still, many of us are unaware of the facts behind child poverty in America. Test your knowledge about child poverty in America by taking our quiz! By becoming more knowledgeable of child poverty in America, you are taking the first step towards solving this problem, improving the lives of children and improving the lives of all of us. |
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CDF-MN KIDS COUNT Data Book Chronicles Costly Rise in State's Child Poverty
CDF-MN's recently released 2008 KIDS COUNT Data Book finds that there are 152,000 Minnesota children living in poverty — the highest level of the decade — costing the state an estimated $5.7 billion each year. The costly problem diminishes the state's long-term productivity and economic output, and increases the public cost of health care and crime across the state, according to the report. While the book reports some alarming statistics, it also highlights movements working to eradicate poverty.
CDF-MN is currently setting a schedule of meetings, "KIDS COUNT Coffees," in communities across the state to let people know how children in each of Minnesota's 87 counties are faring. |
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Covering all Children in Texas
Last year in Texas, state legislative restorations to Texas' CHIP program directly resulted in the enrollment of 127,000 Texas children since August 2007. Quickly getting back to work to ensuring all Texas children have access to health coverage, CDF-Texas and partners launched the "Texas Finish Line" campaign a grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation to ensure health coverage for every Texas child.
CDF-TX has also kicked-off its "4th Saturdays CHIP Enrollment Drive" — part of an effort to enroll the 850,000 Texas children (more than half of all the uninsured children in Texas) who currently qualify for, but are not enrolled, in CHIP or Children's Medicaid. Visit CDF-TX’s website to learn more about the enrollment drives and how you can volunteer to help solve the problem of uninsured children in Texas. |
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Shop with Sarah Jessica Parker to Support CDF!
We are excited to announce that actress Sarah Jessica Parker has chosen the Children's Defense Fund as the beneficiary of a portion of the proceeds from sales of "Sex and The City: The MovieTM" t-shirts and tank tops. This merchandise is part of Ms. Parker's BITTENTM collection she developed for the national retail chain Steve & Barry's.
The money raised by the merchandise will enable CDF to sustain and expand our work to ensure a level playing field for all children by lifting them out of poverty, protecting them from abuse and neglect, and ensuring access to health care, quality education, and a moral and spiritual foundation to help them succeed.
Find a Steve & Barry's store near you and shop to support CDF! | | |
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