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Child Poverty
The Senate Continues to Fail Children and Families as Millions Have Lost Wages and Are Behind on Rent
The COVID relief bill brought to the floor today was an unserious proposal that offered little more than an insult to the millions of families that are continuing to suffer the impacts of this pandemic. Despite the failure of the bill, some Senate Republicans are preparing to head home instead of negotiating a proper package with the Democratic minority. That’s unacceptable.
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Immigration
Despite Supreme Court Decision Against Terminating DACA, the Threats to the Program Continue to Harm Dreamers and Their Families
As part of its anti-immigrant cruelty, the Trump administration has continuously attempted to end or weaken the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program which offers work authorization and temporary relief from detention or deportation for individuals who arrived to the US as children.
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Child Poverty
The Eviction Moratorium Will Postpone the Coming Wave of Evictions But Congress and the White House Must Do More to Prevent a Housing Crisis
CDC and HHS announced an order to prohibit most evictions nationwide for the rest of the year, which will provide some protection for the 30 to 40 million renters at risk of losing their homes by the end of the year but does not provide them with any resources to cover back rent, utilities, or fees. If nothing more is done, this action will simply postpone, not prevent, the coming wave of evictions. Congress and the White House must return to work and pass key housing provisions.
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Service Announcements
Nation’s Top Child Advocacy Organization, The Children’s Defense Fund, Announces Historic Leadership Change
After nearly 50 years leading CDF, Marian Wright Edelman welcomes nationally recognized children’s rights and racial equity champion Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson to carry forward her legacy and lead CDF into a new Civil Rights Movement.
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Child Welfare
Newest AFCARS report tells of encouraging signs, but also some concerning trends
This week, the Children’s Bureau released the 27th annual report from AFCARS, the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System.
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Where Do We Go From Here?
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Child Health
Jacob Blake and the Violence Against Children
We will continue to demand accountability and systemic change on behalf of Black children and families across this country. We urge elected officials at all levels of government to enact policy that pushes further and to seek radical change to dismantle the systems that create tragedies like these.
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Child Welfare
A New Investigation Found Waivers to Allow Discrimination in Child Welfare are Not in the Best Interest of Children
The House Committee on Ways and Means recently released the findings of a year-long investigation into a waiver the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) granted South Carolina in January of last year. CDF was one of 11 organizations asked by Representatives John Lewis and Danny Davis to submit expert testimony for the investigation. We proudly and unequivocally believe that discrimination is never in the best interest of children and that truly serving children requires affirming their identities and the identities of their caregivers.
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