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In the News: The Democrats’ Luck Runs Out
Bruce Lesley | October 13, 2017 |
From The Atlantic: After a run of unlikely victories last month, it seemed possible for Democrats to forget—at least momentarily—that they were the party …
In the News: Congress Can’t Get Its Sh*t Together and It’s Putting Kids at Risk
Bruce Lesley | October 11, 2017 |
From The Daily Beast: Ever since mid-September, Emily Piper has been on high alert. The commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services drafted …
In the News: 9 Million Kids Could Soon Be Without Free Or Low-Cost Health Insurance
Ari Goldberg (Former Staff) | October 2, 2017 |
From Jezebel’s THE SLOT: In the midst of their bid to rip health insurance from millions of Americans under the now-failed Graham-Cassidy bill, Republicans allowed the …
In the News: Congress threatens to take health insurance away from 9 million kids, just because
Bruce Lesley | October 2, 2017 |
From The Intercept: A program that provides health coverage to some nine million children was allowed by the Republican-controlled Congress to expire over the weekend. …
In the News: As CHIP expires unrenewed, Congress blows a chance to save healthcare for 9 million children
Bruce Lesley | October 2, 2017 |
From The LA Times: Advocates for children’s health started worrying months ago that congressional incompetence would jeopardize the nation’s one indisputable healthcare success — …
In the News: Home visits for rural parents could be slashed if law expires
Karen Howard | September 29, 2017 |
From 89.3 KPCC: One of the items on Congress’ long to-do list of things to accomplish before the fiscal year ends is reauthorizing federal …
Youth Advocates Share Hopes for First 100 Days
Meg Biallas Henry | January 9, 2017 |
YouthToday 1/9/17 By Molly McCluskey WASHINGTON — Candidate Donald Trump offered little insight into his prospective policies surrounding youth and families, and President-Elect Trump …
Who are the Real Champions for Children?
Meg Biallas Henry | December 22, 2016 |
The Hill 12/21/16 By Bruce Lesley In “Senators owe vulnerable kids real debate, floor votes” by John Kelly and Daniel Heimpel (Dec. 14), they correctly highlight …
While State Focuses on Adult Homelessness, Homeless Youth on the Rise
Meg Biallas Henry | December 16, 2016 |
WNPR Connecticut 12/16/16 By David Desroches Homelessness among children and youth in Connecticut has increased by over 11 percent since 2012, according to new data …
National Report Shows Rise in Homeless Student Numbers
Meg Biallas Henry | December 16, 2016 |
News and Sentinel 12/16/16 By Michael Erb PARKERSBURG — While nationally many states are seeing an increase in the number of homeless students, locally …