Child Health
Grant Opportunity to Grow Community-based Doula Care
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recently announced $4.5 million in new funding to support community-based doulas.
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Immigration
Children Need Safety and Support, Not Government Neglect: Texas and Florida Executive Orders Attack Unaccompanied Children
Upon their arrival, unaccompanied children are put in the care and custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which operates a network of facilities where children are placed as they wait to be reunited with their families
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Immigration
Children Need Safety and Support, Not Government Neglect: Texas and Florida Executive Orders Attack Unaccompanied Children
Thousands of children travel alone to the United States seeking safety. Unaccompanied children are put in the care and custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which operates a network of facilities where children are placed as they wait to be reunited with their families.
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Immigration
Children Need Protection, Not Rejection: The Violence of Title 42
On April 1st, the Biden Administration announced it would terminate Title 42, a harmful policy that expels migrants and asylum-seekers in the U.S. back to the conditions they fled.
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Child Welfare
Measuring Transformation: Elevating Youth Voice in the Child Welfare System
Earlier today, Kim Eckhart was joined by foster youth advocates Deanna Jones and Laila-Rose Hudson to share CDF-Ohio’s latest report, Measuring Transformation: Elevating Youth Voice in the Child Welfare System.
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Celebrating the Historic Confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
As an organization rooted in the civil rights and children’s rights movements and representing the most diverse generation of young people in American history, the Children’s Defense Fund invites you to join us in celebrating this momentous occasion.
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Child Health
House Bill 616 Would Make Ohio One of the Worst Places to Raise a Family
Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio (CDF-Ohio) strongly opposes House Bill 616, introduced by Rep. Mike Loychik (R-Bazetta) and Jean Schmidt (R-Loveland) in the Ohio legislature this week. This bill runs counter to what all children need to thrive and what Ohio needs to do to be the best place to raise a family.
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Child Poverty
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Addressing the Benefits Cliff Barrier to Family Economic Stability and Mobility
Children’s Defense Fund-Minnesota recommends a variety of approaches that could be taken to address the benefits cliff challenges faced by struggling families.
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Child Health
Ohio Takes a Step Forward to Protect Infant and Maternal Health
As of April 1, 2022, thousands of women in Ohio at risk of losing their Medicaid coverage are now able to access health care for the critical 12 months after giving birth.
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Child Health
Public Statements in Opposition to H.B. 327
This legislation, which is similar to other bills that are being pushed by outside groups in service to an extreme political agenda, and Ohio is the latest state to fall prey.
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