As ICE activities continue to impact communities and more children face the loss of a parent to deportation, policymakers have taken steps to mitigate the harm of immigration enforcement on children.
Policymakers have threatened to implement policies that would make SNAP food benefits harder to access for certain groups, including the disabled community.
Young people from underserved communities—namely people with Black, brown, disabled, and/or LGBTQ+ identities—prefer community-based programs and peer networks over formal mental health services delivered in clinical settings.
Disabled Afro-American Person is Enjoying in Preparation of Delicious Lunch. A Senior African is Cooking a Dinner in Domestic Kitchen.
In the upcoming Farm Bill reauthorization, Congress should remove the hot foods ban in the SNAP program so more people can easily access various food options.
The return to “normal operations” for state Medicaid agencies means that several million people are likely to lose their Medicaid health insurance over the coming year.
Although many people believe that prison abolition is impossible, Indigenous communities have deep experience with anti-carceral approaches to justice.
By Kayla Tawa In recent years, we have seen a wave of state-level “culture war” debates that target young people, particularly Black and brown young people, LGBTQIA+ young people, and young people with disabilities. In 2023 specifically, state legislators have introduced a record number of…
The application process for child care assistance creates unnecessary administrative burdens not only for families with low incomes but also for states. States need family-friendly child care applications.
To advance equity in child care access for families with infants and toddlers, federal and state policymakers must boost funding dedicated to helping them afford it.
