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Health
Leading Children’s Health and Medical Groups React to Staggering Decline in Children’s Enrollment in Public Health Insurance Coverage
CDF joined other leading children's health and medical organizations in sounding the alarm; new data show that the number of children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) nationwide fell by about 840,000 in 2018.
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Child Welfare
Foster, a brief look into our child welfare system
The new HBO film Foster provides an honest and moving look at our nation’s child welfare system through the eyes of those who know it best—the children, youth and families involved in the system and the foster parents and the child welfare workforce who are working to support them.
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Health
Comments on Patient Protection and Sale of Individual Health Insurance Coverage Across State Lines
CDF joined other national organizations to submit comments in response to the CMS Request for Information regarding patient protection and increasing consumer choice through the sale of individual health insurance coverage across states through Health Care Choice Compacts (HCCCs). We expressed our concern that the implementation of Section 1333 of the ACA could impede, rather than improve, access to timely, affordable and necessary services for children and pregnant women.
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Health
Letter to Congress on Decline in Children's Enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP
After years of progress improving children's coverage, new data show that the number of children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) fell by 840,000 in 2018.
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Immigration
Reported Public Charge Rule Threatens Children and Families
Reuters reported on May 3 that the Trump Administration plans to lob another public charge attack against immigrant children and families.
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Gun Violence
Extreme Risk Laws: Preventing Tragedies Before They Occur
“I’m going to be a professional school shooter.” This was the chilling comment made by the Parkland shooter in a video posted online in September 2017—more than a year before he took the lives of 17 classmates and injured 17 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Shamefully, this was just one of many early warning signs.
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Immigration
HUD's plan to cut off housing assistance to undocumented immigrants is cruel and vindictive
In its latest attempt to undermine the safety net and intimidate immigrant families, the Trump administration plans to inspect the immigration status of every member of families applying for housing assistance, even members who declare themselves ineligible for assistance during the application process.
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Child Welfare
Family First Transition and Support Act of 2019
CDF joined other national organizations in expressing our support for the Family First Transition and Support Act of 2019 which would provide states and territories with resources and funding flexibility to transition to Family First - enhancing support for parents and relatives who are struggling to care for their children.
