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Child Poverty
Homelessness Crisis: Luxury Real Estate Owners Aren't the Victims
During a visit to California earlier this week, President Trump made it clear who he believes to be the true victims of the homelessness crisis: luxury real estate owners.
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Child Poverty
Bipartisan House Bill will keep Youth Leaving Foster Care from Homelessness
As many as one third of the roughly 20,000 youth who age out of foster care each year experience homelessness in the years after emancipation despite being eligible for a special category of housing vouchers, but a new bill aims to fix that.
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Toni Morrison
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Health
Comments on Proposed Medicaid Access Rule
CDF joined other national organizations to submit comments on the proposed rule by CMS to rescind the current Medicaid Access Rule that requires states to monitor and document Medicaid payments in fee-for-service (FFS) systems and the impact on beneficiary access to care. We urged CMS to withdraw this proposed rule as it could leave children and pregnant women, particularly those who serious, chronic or complex medical and dental needs, with reduced access to the care they need.
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Gun Violence
CEOs Call on Senate to Address Gun Violence Crisis
In the United States, a child or teen is killed with a gun every 2 hours and 34 minutes. Between routine gunfire and mass shootings, our national obsession with guns continues to result in the senseless and unnecessary loss of young lives.
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Child Poverty
Child Poverty in America 2018 National Fact Sheet
National data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on September 10, 2019 reveal that children remain the poorest age group in the nation and children of color are at greatest risk.
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