"Armed with an avalanche of anti-immigrant policies and Congress's unprecedented and massive budget for harmful migration actions, the federal government has caused widespread and irreparable damage to the children of immigrant families and those around them," Cervantes said.
"The stress of parents is certainly trickling down to children," said Suma Setty, a senior policy analyst for immigration and immigrant families at the Center for Law and Social Policy.
Suma Setty, a senior analyst of policies affecting immigrant families at the Center for Law and Social Policy, said her organization has received a “huge increase” in inquiries about temporary guardianship from local advocates and child care providers.
“They’re not going to have access to health insurance, they’re not going to have access to food, and now are going to have a challenging time accessing childcare. It’s going to be multiple hits to families who already are in a position where they need…
TANF replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, which was broadly known as welfare. But unlike its predecessor, TANF is a fixed block grant to states — with an annual allocation of $16.5 billion annually since its inception. That means inflation has taken…
Other states have successfully conjoined funding streams so that extra TANF funds can be used on child care vouchers without technically being considered “transferred funds,” explained Stephanie Schmit, director of Child Care and Early Education at the Center for Law and Social Policy. It can…
Wendy Cervantes, del Centro para Ley y Política Social, sostiene que la meta de la regla es “asustar a las familias”, lo que aumentaría pobreza, hambre y falta de vivienda.
Immigrants are essential to the care workforce, making up 20% of child care workers, including 26% of center-based child care providers and early educators, and 23% of preschool teachers, according to the Center for Law and Social Policy.
[Crystal] Carey [the new General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board], wrote Lulit Shewan of the Center for Law and Social Policy, is the lead attorney in their NLRB constitutionality challenge. They’ve won, so far.