Children’s Monitor Highlights
Snippets from CWLA’s weekly breakdown of federal policy and its impact on children and families
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CHIP Extension But No Health Extenders, Home Visiting
CHIP has now been extended for six years but many other parts of the “health extenders” package remain in limbo. The CHIP extension became easy when CBO revised its long term cost projections. It basically
Comings and Goings in Administration
By a vote of 55 to 43 the Senate gave the final ok to the appointment Alex Azar to be the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Azar becomes the second
DACA by the Numbers
• Since being announced on June 15, 2012 DACA has provided temporary relief from deportation to approximately 800,000 young people across the country • Each day approximately 122 people lose their Deferred Action for Childhood
Letter Calling on Homeland Security to Protect Families, Still Open for Signatures
Last Tuesday, in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen flatly refused to rule out a policy of parent-child separation in order to deter migration to the United States.
CWLA Joins Families USA In Call to Oppose More Health Care Cuts
Last week CWLA signed onto a letter led by Families USA calling on Congress to protect access to affordable, high-quality and comprehensive health insurance. The letter tells congressional leaders: “Medicaid, Medicare, and private health insurance,
Administration Extends Opioid Emergency
On Friday, January 19, Eric Hargan, the Acting Secretary for Health and Human Services announced the extension of “public health emergency” due to opioid addiction. It is not clear what impact the declaration, and the
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