By Ashley Burnside Lawmakers are proposing dangerous cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to pay for tax breaks for the wealthiest people and corporations. These proposed changes could result in up to 11 million people losing some, or all, of their SNAP food…
Families need high-quality, affordable early care and education programs that support child development, promote parents’ ability to support their children’s learning, and allow parents to work or go to school.
CLASP and ZERO TO THREE have announced "Building Strong Foundations," a project promoting federal and state policy actions that comprehensively address the wellbeing on infants and toddlers and their families.
On September 27, 2017, President Trump and Congressional Republican leaders released an outline for their tax proposals, which would provide large tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations while providing little benefit to low- and middle-income Americans.
Now that a last-ditch effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act and gut Medicaid has failed, it's time for Congress to focus on bipartisan solutions, including reauthorizing the Children's Health Insurance Program.
On September 5, the Trump Administration announced it would be ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The president’s decision followed months of mixed messages. His public statements vaillated, even as he ramped up enforcement actions that terrorized the immigrant community. So what happens…
With just two weeks left before the end of the federal fiscal year, Senate Republicans are once again trying to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (ACA), leaving millions without coverage.
On September 14, 2017, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Representative Jared Polis (D-CO), and Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA) introduced the Child Care for Working Families Act, which would guarantee affordable, high-quality child care to millions of working families.
SNAP is a lifeline for millions of individuals and families in America. The Census Bureau's 2016 data proves that SNAP effectively lifts people out of poverty.
