Child Health

  • Child Health

    Thousands of Children Have Lost a Parent Due to COVID-19

    This week, research findings provide another harrowing reminder of the trauma this pandemic has wreaked on children and families across the country: An estimated 40,000 children have lost a parent due to COVID-19. Though children are less likely to die from COVID-19, they are not being left unscathed by the loss and grief of the pandemic. Our children must remain the top priority in our response to this crisis.

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    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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    The American Jobs Plan Will Help Ensure a Strong Economy and Future for Our Children

    The American Jobs Plan is the first of a two-part effort to invest in our children’s future and build towards a stronger and more equitable economy—with provisions to address long-standing racial disparities and funding designated specifically for underserved Black communities and other communities of color. Congress must now build on President Biden’s proposal and invest in our nation’s most precious resource—our children— ensuring we do not return to a fragile and inequitable status quo.

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  • Child Health

    What the American Rescue Plan Act Means for Children and Families

    Today, Congress took the final step to pass the American Rescue Plan Act, which President Biden is expected to subsequently sign into law. The $1.9 trillion relief package, for which President Biden’s proposal served as the foundation, marks a bold step forward in the fight for our children’s future. The American Rescue Plan Act will provide immediate relief for children and families, work to address the racial and economic injustices that COVID-19 has exacerbated, and take a long overdue step to address our nation’s shameful child poverty crisis, cutting child poverty in half in 2021.

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  • Child Health

    Families Need Paid Leave During COVID-19 and Beyond

    The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the health and economic consequences of limited access to paid leave. Workers are often forced to go to work when they or a loved one is sick because they cannot afford to lose wages or risk job loss—which has significant impacts on public health and individual health and well-being.

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    Landscape Graphic Test

    Nationwide, only five percent of COVID vaccines have gone to Black Americans and only 11 percent have gone to Latino Americans, according to available data. Our leaders must ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and work to address the longstanding racism that has caused this crisis.

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