Child Poverty
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Child Poverty
What a Continuing Resolution Means for America’s Children and Youth
Over the weekend, the federal government narrowly avoided a shutdown, when Congress passed a continuing resolution (CR) just hours shy of the end of fiscal year 2023.
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Child Poverty
Alarming Surge in Child Poverty Rates in 2022: Urgent Calls for Action
Last week, the Census Bureau released the U.S. poverty data for 2022.
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Child Poverty
Centering Racial Equity in New York Policymaking: The New York City Racial Justice Ballot Proposals
There is clear and urgent need to take decisive action to end New York’s entrenched racial inequalities and promote equitable economic mobility.
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Child Poverty
Children’s Defense Fund calls on Senate to introduce Fully Inclusive Child Tax Credit Legislation
A child’s well-being is tightly connected to their family’s financial stability.
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Child Poverty
Children’s Defense Fund’s Statement on the American Family Act of 2023 – June 7, 2023
The American Family Act will increase CTC payments for children under 6 years of age from $2,000 to $3,600 annually and from $2,000 to $3,000 for children between ages 6 and 17.
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Child Health
Tell Congress: Stop Budget Cuts on America's Children, Youth, and Families.
Children’s Defense Fund unites its voice with the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and our institutional and grassroots partners across the nation in declaring work requirements a non-starter in any deal to raise the debt ceiling.
