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Dr. Nia West-Bey and other New Deal for Youth changemakers were featured on a podcast about the launch of #WhyWeCantWait: A New Deal for Youth.
Statement from Olivia Golden on the signing of the historic COVID relief package--and the road ahead to a full recovery.
"Economic stability and removing financial strain is critical to supporting young families, said Kisha Bird, director of youth policy at the Center for Law and Social Policy."
Today, young leaders at the helm of A New Deal for Youth (ND4Y) released the following statement calling for swift passage of the American Rescue Plan, while noting how it still fails to address the specific challenges facing young people in America that have been exacerbated by the pandemic.
"The American Rescue Plan's changes to the child tax credit will cut child poverty by roughly half, according to the Center for Law and Social Policy."
The American Rescue Plan includes many key provisions to support people who have been ravaged by the pandemic. The Senate must rapidly approve the bill.
This article quotes Wendy Cervantes about how children and youth in congregate settings causes immediate and long-term harm to mental, emotional, and physical health.
Today, young adult leaders from across the country called on the Biden Administration, Members of Congress, public and private sectors decisionmakers to support Why We Can’t Wait: A New Deal for Youth, a policy effort to address the urgent economic and social challenges facing young people in America and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new administration is moving swiftly on many approaches--including several we proposed--to address the needs of people with low incomes.
The Biden-Harris Administration will enter office at a time of national devastation. The new team faces a steep hill to climb, but a bold agenda can bring us recovery.