President’ Trump’s budget for Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) proposes drastic and harmful cuts to vital employment, education, and training services that enable low-income youth and adults to improve their skills and succeed in the workforce.

If passed, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), would have devastating consequences for vulnerable populations, particularly people with disabilities.

Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) have introduced the Healthy Families Act (HFA), which would give all workers access to sick days.

SNAP is highly effective at addressing food insecurity and alleviating extreme poverty. One of the key features of SNAP is that it reaches our most vulnerable populations.

The share of households working while receiving SNAP has risen over the last two decades. For these families, safety net programs are crucial to ensure economic stability.

In this op-ed Wendy Cervantes explains the perils of a leaked executive order from President Trump that would threaten immigrants and their children.

n March 13, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)—a nonpartisan agency that provides objective budget and economic information to Congress—released its “score” of the effects of the American Health Care Act (AHCA). 

At a hearing of the House Agriculture Committee, experts testified that restricting SNAP benefits to certain food types would hurt low-income families as well as burden government.

The United States is long overdue in embracing policies that would make it easier for working families to both do their jobs and care for their families. In his first speech to Congress, President Trump expressed his desire to make child care affordable and ensure…

Leaders in the early childhood community understand that young children need a full system of supports in health, education, and other social services to enter school ready to learn and grow up to reach their full potential.