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Comments on the Proposed Extension of Indiana's Section 1115 Demonstration Project

CDF joined other children's health organizations to express concerns regarding Indiana's proposal for a ten year extension of its section 1115 demonstration project. The evidence is clear that premiums and copayments decrease participation in health coverage and impede access to care and that unnecessary work requirements will lead to thousands losing coverage.

Child Poverty

150+ Organizations Call for the Passage of the PAID Leave Act amid COVID-19

The spread of COVID-19 has highlighted the health and economic consequences faced by working people when they lack access to paid sick days and paid family and medical leave. Our society is only as healthy as its most vulnerable members. Now more than ever, we must recognize that we all have a stake in ensuring that working people have access to paid sick and safe days and paid family and medical leave.

Child Welfare

CDF Letter to Congress on COVID-19 Relief Legislation

As you work quickly with your Congressional colleagues to pass new legislation to address the devastating public health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, the Children’s Defense Fund urges you to include in the next package a number of critical provisions to protect our nation’s children and families.

Help Through Our Shared National and World Crisis

March 20, 2020 | National

Child Poverty

600+ Organizations Call for Immigrant Families to be Included in COVID-19 Relief Package

CDF was one of over 600 organizations calling for the House to address two major provisions of the proposed COVID-19 relief bill that would exclude millions of immigrant families, including U.S. citizen children. We cannot protect the nation from the Coronavirus and its economic impact if we deny health care and financial relief to a large segment of our communities.

Education

Free Virtual Education Tools for Children and Their Caregivers

Millions of children are out of school right now, as communities take action to slow the coronavirus epidemic, and there is a real possibility that some of these students may not be returning to business-as-usual anytime soon.

March 19, 2020 | National

Child Health

Today the Senate Will Take Up the House-Passed Families First Coronavirus Response Act - Here's What You Need to Know

Today the Senate will take up the House-passed Families First Coronavirus Response Act, as the next step in providing relief from the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic.

March 18, 2020 | National

Child Welfare

Protecting Children and Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic

On Wednesday, March 18, the Senate will take up the House-passed Families First Coronavirus Response Act, as the next step in providing relief from the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic.

Child Welfare

The Coronavirus’s Impact on Children: Child Welfare

As the government works diligently to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, the focus has rightly been on shoring up the medical response, containing the virus’s spread and stabilizing the economy.

March 17, 2020 | National

Child Health

Protecting children and families during this crisis: CDF’s response to COVID-19

As we face a widespread, national health crisis, we hope you are taking steps to keep yourself, your loved ones, and your community safe.

March 13, 2020 | National