Uncategorized Archives - Children's Defense Fund

1,300+ Youth Advocates to Convene in TN for CDF's National Child Policy Training Institute

May 29, 2026 - The National Child Policy Training Institute trains young leaders to teach almost 12,000 scholars at over 180 CDF Freedom Schools sites nationwide. A key focus for this summer’s program is supporting youth mental health.

May 29, 2026 | National

Celebration of Joy: CDF-Southern Regional Office to Honor AL Leaders, Uplift Youth Advocates

May 27, 2026 - CDF-Southern Regional Office’s ‘A Celebration of Joy’ will recognize four Alabama women for their contributions to advancing the well-being of young people in the Huntsville area and across the state.

May 27, 2026 | Southern Regional Office

Youth, Immigration Advocates to Gather at TX State Capitol for 'Free Families Vigil'

May 19, 2026 - The event takes place during the National Day of Action to Free Families, which will feature several similar events happening across the country protesting the practice of family detention across the United States.

May 19, 2026 | Texas

“All Roads Lead to the South”: CDF Leadership to Join Historic Voting Rights Protest

May 14, 2026 - CDF Board Chair Rev. Dr. Don Darius Butler will help bus attendees from Huntsville to Selma and Montgomery for Saturday’s National Day of Action to fight for a democracy that reflects the faces of all America’s children.

May 14, 2026 | National

CDF: Supreme Court Ruling on Voting Rights Act Threatens Voices for Black and Brown Children

On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision that weakens a key part of the historic Voting Rights Act. The legislation, which was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965, eliminated legal barriers that once kept thousands of African Americans across the country from voting.

April 29, 2026 | National

CDF-Texas: Proposed Rule Change Could Threaten Housing Security for Thousands of TX Children

The federal government estimates that its proposed rule change could threaten the housing of 36,000 eligible children living in immigrant and mixed-status households nationwide. Nearly a quarter of impacted families live in Texas.

April 21, 2026 | Texas

Rural Mississippians Stand to Lose Again in Efforts to Gain Access to Quality, Affordable Broadband Internet

Trump administration’s efforts to rescind $700 million of the $1.2 billion in broadband expansion grants allocated to Mississippi through Biden’s BEAD program diminishes opportunity in the state.

April 20, 2026 | Southern Regional Office

New CDF-Ohio Research Details the ‘Quiet Undoing’ of School Discipline Reform in Ohio Public Schools

CDF-Ohio’s report shows during the 2024-2025 school year, Black, non-Hispanic students were four and a half times more likely than White students to experience exclusionary discipline in Ohio.

April 13, 2026 | Ohio

New CDF-Ohio Report Examines Gun Violence’s Psychological Impact on Youth, Economic Cost to State’s Communities

As gun violence remains a leading cause of death for Ohio’s youth, CDF-Ohio urges lawmakers to reverse this trend by investing in community-based interventions and enacting Child Access Prevention mandates.

March 23, 2026 | Ohio

CDF Welcomes Ramesh Raghavan, Mariana Souto-Manning as the Newest Members of Board of Directors

The child well-being and early learning experts will strengthen CDF’s board governance and policy advocacy.

February 6, 2026 | National