Feb 24, 2025
Children's Health
Vote “no” on gutting Medicaid, advocates tell lawmakers
Tomorrow’s House budget vote threatens children’s health First Focus Campaign for Children and fellow advocates pushed lawmakers today to reject a...
Feb 13, 2025
Federal Budget & Tax
Kids will bear the brunt of trillions in spending cuts
Medicaid, school meals, child tax credit all on the chopping block As Congressional budget committees continue deliberations on what...
Feb 12, 2025
K-12 & Public Education
Senate must fully vet education candidate, advocate says
Lawmakers must disqualify any candidate involved in child abuse The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will...
Feb 12, 2025
Children's Health
New report outlines comprehensive agenda for children’s health
RFK Jr. must Make America Healthy Again — for children With the Senate poised to confirm Robert F. Kennedy...
Feb 12, 2025
International Children
Five things to know about USAID and children
Lawmakers in both houses of Congress are set to review the Trump Administration’s dismantling of foreign aid during hearings...
Feb 05, 2025
International Children
USAID cuts could cost children more than $4 billion
Analysis of FY 2024 appropriations bills tallies losses to children’s programs Children could lose more than $4 billion in...
Jan 31, 2025
Federal Budget & Tax
Aid to children: Billions for health care, food, housing still in limbo
Public education also threatened by school vouchers order A week of frenetic activity by the Trump Administration has raised...
Jan 30, 2025
K-12 & Public Education
New analysis finds school vouchers could decimate public education
School privatization could create two disparate U.S. education systems A new analysis finds that school vouchers — which President...
Jan 28, 2025
Federal Budget & Tax
UPDATE: $329 billion for children at stake in frozen funds
The Trump Administration’s attempt to clarify its freeze on federal assistance has opened new questions about funding to children,...
