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Administration Proposes to End the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program
With the $5.6 billion cuts to the Department of Education, the Administration’s proposal for the fiscal year 2021 included eliminating the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. In 2007, the Bush Administration created the PSLF
Child Poverty in Puerto Rico
On Tuesday, February 11, 2020, the Youth Development Institute of Puerto Rico (Instituto del Desarrollo de la Juventud, IDJ), held a briefing entitled A Future of Child Poverty in Puerto Rico: How Much it Costs
Administration To Release FY 2021 Budget Today
The President is scheduled to release his proposed budget for FY 2021 on Monday, February 10, 2020. The release of the proposed budget by the Trump Administration will be just one week behind the official
“Did You See Him?”: Poverty in America
Series of Hearings on Administration Actions that Threaten the Welfare of Children On February 5 and 6, 2020, four subcommittees of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held four hearings to examine the negative
Moment in History
The Child Welfare League of America files one of two Supreme Court amici briefs (the other by the NAACP) challenging Alabama’s and other state’s “man-in-the-house” AFDC restriction. The rule cut off assistance to families where
A Threat to America’s Children: The Trump Administration’s Proposal to Gut Fair Housing Accountability
On Wednesday, February 5, the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held a hearing titled “A Threat to America’s Children: The Trump Administration’s Proposal to Gut Fair Housing Accountability.” The hearing focused on how
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