Child Poverty
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Child Poverty
New Data Shows Increase in Students Experiencing Homelessness
During his State of the Union address this week, the President told a misleading story about the economy steadily chipping away at poverty across the country.
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Child Health
Congress Discusses Ongoing Regulatory Threats to America’s Children
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform will conduct a series of hearings focused on how various proposed regulations by the Trump Administration will negatively impact children. We are hopeful these hearings will help shine a light on that fact as they sound the alarm bell on the Trump Administration’s repeated attempts to underestimate our child poverty rate and deprive children of health care, housing, nutritious food, and clean air and water.
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Child Health
Thinking of Our Children During the State of the Union Address
Tonight President Trump will address the nation as he delivers his State of the Union remarks. Reports suggest he will present a “relentless optimism,” but our newly-released annual report—State of American’s Children 2020—offers a dramatically different picture: the current state of our children is unacceptable and must be urgently addressed.
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Child Poverty
The State of America's Children® 2020
A society must be judged by how it treats its most vulnerable—and most valuable—members: its children. The State of America’s Children 2020 makes it abundantly clear that by this measure, America is falling shamefully short.
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Child Poverty
Ohio Can Do Better to Support Youth Flourishing into Adulthood
On January 6th the Central Ohio Foster Care Forum sponsored by Governor DeWine’s Children Services Transformation Advisory Council was hosted at Columbus State Community College. Students of the Scholar Network, a support group that provides wraparound services for foster alum students, alongside youth involved with Foster Action Ohio, took advantage of the opportunity to use their voice during this special event on their campus.
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