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Child Health
Top Organizations Across US Launch NinetyToZero To Combat Racial Wealth Gap
Goldman Sachs, Starbucks, Lead Research Partner The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania, Robin Hood foundation, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, ACLU, McKinsey & Company, Lord Abbett, and Children’s Defense Fund join together to combat the racial wealth gap.
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Child Health
National Child Advocacy Organization Sounds Alarm for America’s Children in Crisis
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Child Poverty
Statement: The Children’s Defense Fund Celebrates Passage of the American Rescue Plan Act, a Critical Down Payment on Ending Child Poverty
The Children’s Defense Fund will fight to make these changes to the Child Tax Credit permanent and to continue make improvements. We believe this is crucial to our vision of a nation where marginalized children flourish, leaders prioritize their well-being, and communities wield the power to ensure they thrive.
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Education
The Boeing Company Partners with The Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools Program to Boost Equity in STEM Education
Washington, D.C. February 10, 2021 - Thanks to a $1 million grant from The Boeing Company, the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools® program will now offer culturally responsive STEM education to students under the banner of a new initiative entitled “CDF Freedom to STEM.”
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Child Poverty
Statement on President-Elect Biden's First COVID-19 Relief Package Proposal
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