Early Childhood
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Child Health
Lead Poisoning's Impact on Young Children
Lead poisoning can affect nearly every system in the body and is especially harmful to children in their first five years of life because it disrupts the rapid brain development they are undergoing.
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Child Welfare
National Association of Latino Elected Officials Testimony-March 20, 2019
On March 20, 2019 the National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO) held a Midwest hearing of the 2020 Census Preparation in Columbus, Ohio. The City of Columbus, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, and the Ohio Commission for Hispanic Latino Affairs hosted
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Child Health
Cover Letters: CDF-TX testifies on the importance of continuous coverage for kids on Medicaid
"Allowing children in Medicaid stay covered for a year at a time – like most children in CHIP and like most of us here today, would be the single most effective step we can take to reduce the number of uninsured children in Texas."
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Child Poverty
Making Texas Count: CDF testifies to the need for state action to promote an accurate tally of Texans in 2020
"There’s no such thing as a so-so census."
