Children’s Monitor Highlights
Snippets from CWLA’s weekly breakdown of federal policy and its impact on children and families
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If Children Are Our Future What Happens When Adults Fail To Protect That Future…
These are the victims of the Florida school shooting…just like before …as we are reminded by student and classmate David Hogg.
President Unveils 2019 Budget
On Monday February 12, the President released his first full fiscal year (FY) 2019 budget. It was released just two days after the Congress had passed and the President signed a budget agreement (PL 115-123)
Child Welfare in Budget
The budget proposes an optional block grant of Title IV-E foster care funding that could be spent for any services now funded under foster care, adoption assistance or Child Welfare Services and Promoting Safe and
SSBG is Still the One–Targeted for Elimination
Once again SSBG is targeted for elimination and without any doubt, such an elimination would hit child welfare in ways big and small as well as many other human service programs including those that effect
DACA Debate Collapses After White House Targeting
At the start of a Wednesday forum, sponsored by The Hill newspaper dealing with opioids (see below) one of the opening speakers was Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). Before sponsors delved into the topic at hand
Get It Back Campaign Starts to Promote the EITC
Working with the Center on Budget Policy and Priorities, CWLA is joining with other organizations to promote the Get It Back Campaign. The Center regularly works on encouraging families and now some individuals to be
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