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The just-passed Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 includes important and long-overdue investments to help restore fairness in our tax system, reduce health care costs, and address the climate crisis.

On June 13, Hannah Matthews spoke on a panel about farmworker advocacy at the National Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Association’s 2022 Public Policy Forum.

Today’s ruling to keep Title 42 in place means that children and families will continue to be subject to massive human rights violations, all under the false pretense of protecting public health.

Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) proposed a new child care framework to be included in a budget reconciliation package.

Hannah Matthews wrote an op-ed on the need for bringing down child care costs for families.

On March 4, Hannah Matthews testified before the Maryland House of Delegates’ Ways and Means Committee in support of the Early Childhood Development – Child Care Scholarship Program – Alternations Act, HB 995. View a recording of Hannah’s testimony here.

Hannah Matthews was quoted: “The lack of guarantee to paid leave is the key missing public-health element in our response to the crisis.”

Hannah Matthews is quoted on the need for paid family and medical leave.

Hannah Matthews was quoted about Build Back Better Act: "States will be able to make a lot of the policy decisions and to design the program in response to the needs of families in their states."

Hannah Matthews was quoted: "The pandemic worsened the realities of child care in this country."