Child Health
Child Health
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Child Health
Black Youth Suicide in New York: An Urgent Crisis
New York must act now. The stakes could not be higher.
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Child Health
Testimony in the Senate: Maternal and infant mortality continues to be a leading public health crisis in Ohio
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Child Health
An Overview of Child Lead Exposure in New York
New York continues to suffer a troubling crisis of childhood lead exposure, with more known cases of elevated child blood lead levels than any other state and with childhood lead poisoning cases on the rise due to collateral effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Child Health
Infant and maternal health opportunities in House Bill 110, Ohio’s biennial budget
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Child Health
Children’s Defense Fund appoints Sheri Brady Vice President of Strategy & Program
In a homecoming of sorts, Sheri Brady will join the Children’s Defense Fund’s (CDF) Executive Team as Vice President of Strategy & Program. As a student, Brady was an intern for the leading child advocacy organization.
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Child Health
What the American Families Plan Means for our Nation’s Children
On the eve of his 100th day in office, President Biden released the American Families Plan, outlining a bold proposal with $1.8 trillion in historic investments in our nation’s children and families including expanded tax credits, investments in child care, universal preschool, two years of tuition-free community college, a national paid leave program, and more.
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Child Health
President of Nation’s Leading Children’s Advocacy Organization and Ferguson Commission Chair on the Conviction Of Derek Chauvin
Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, who chaired the Ferguson Commission following the murder of Michael Brown, and currently serves as President of the Children’s Defense Fund, weighs in on the conviction of George Floyd’s murderer.
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Child Health
For Black Mamas and Black Sons
This week, in honor of Black mamas and of Black sons, we’re standing with those protesting this latest example of police violence and calling on lawmakers at all levels of government to enact policies that abolish systems of racism and white supremacy that consistently, tragically tear Black children away from their mothers. We cannot rest until that happens.
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