Fact Sheet

The Great Recession has dramatically increased the number of children with an unemployed parent, as well as the number of youth themselves who are unemployed. This fact sheet details statistics and policy recommendations on the recent rise in unemployment and its toll on children, youth, and families.

A children’s budget is a deliberate and full accounting of all the money spent on and for children. Because such spending is spread out over many departments and dozens of bureaus, there currently is no simple way to evaluate the overall level of federal investment in children. Comparing levels across years is an equally difficult task. A children’s budget would gather together the diverse sources of funding for children’s programs in one place to communicate a clear picture of the federal investment in America’s young people.The Children’s Budget Act would amend section...

The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act (S. 729), introduced by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Richard Lugar (R-IN), is bi-partisan legislation that provides certain immigrant students who grew up in the U.S. with increased access to higher education and an earned pathway to obtaining legal status. The companion bill in the House of Representatives is the American Dream Act (H.R. 1751) and was introduced by Representatives Howard Berman (D-CA), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), and Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA). The bill was re-introduced in March 2009. This fact sheet provides an overview...

The Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections (HELP) for Separated Children Act (S. 3522), introduced by U.S. Senators Al Franken (D-MN) and Herb Kohl (D-WI), implements critically needed reforms to protect children, families and communities impacted by immigration enforcement. A similar bill in the House of Representatives, also known as the HELP Separated Children Act (H.R. 3531), has been introduced by U.S. Representative Lynn Woolsey (D-CA). This fact sheet provides an overview of the legislation and outlines the impact it will have on children and families.

The purpose of the Full-Service Community Schools Act is to strengthen student success. It will do so by supporting public/private partnerships that integrate services – academic, developmental, health, and more – into schools to more effectively serve students and families. This fact sheet provides an overview of the legislation and outlines the impact it will have on children and families.

Today, nearly 80,000 chemicals are in use in the U.S., and yet the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates only five of these. The Toxic Substances Control Act or TSCA -- the statute that regulates chemicals used by industry and in consumer products - is inadequate to protect children’s health, while the number of chemicals to which we expose our children continues to grow. It is time to renew our commitment to and strengthen our national approach to regulating chemicals to assure that human health is protected. This fact sheet provides a brief...

The purpose of the Keeping PACE Act is to increase graduation rates and strengthen student performance in school. It will do so by improving parent involvement in education and leveraging community resources to support students’ needs in and outside the classroom. This fact sheet provides an overview of the legislation and outlines the impact it will have on children and families.

The purpose of the legislation is to strengthen student success. It will do so by supporting public/private partnerships that integrate services – academic, developmental, health, and more – into schools to more effectively serve students and families.