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Young Organizer Serves Newarkers with Hot Food and Community Building

March 8, 2023

By Gloria Chan

Jennifer Made of Newark-CAN shares how she built power and resources for her community in Newark, New Jersey. This video is part of our series “Women of Color on Front Lines,” made in collaboration with Shelterforce, highlighting the journeys of women working on the front lines of housing justice and community organizing.

Democrats Should Be Campaigning on a Permanent Expanded Child Tax Credit

September 22, 2022

By Dorian Warren

The 2021 credit expansion in the American Rescue Plan cut poverty for millions, according to a recent Census Bureau report. Unsurprisingly — it’s overwhelmingly popular with voters.

Everything You Need to Know About Inflation

November 11, 2021

By Domenica Ghanem

What does this buzzword actually means for families and what should we do to ease the burden?

These Florida Mothers Show Why We Need All of the Family Care Policies in Build Back Better

October 29, 2021

By Topacio Marrero

It’s a lose-lose situation for parents and caregivers. Providers are chronically underpaid and parents are left with little options that don’t threaten their family’s financial stability.

7 Things You Didn’t Know About the Best New Tax Benefit for Families 

July 12, 2021

By Domenica Ghanem

What’s new about the child tax credit?

The Pandemic Cost Him Everything. But the Child Tax Credit Is Giving His Family Hope.

July 8, 2021

By Domenica Ghanem

Phil came to the U.S. in search of opportunity, but when COVID-19 hit he lost his job, immigration status, and health care when he needed it the most. Name has…

What the Loss of Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Means for the Safety of Workers

July 6, 2021

By Gloria Chan

Sarah Capdeville of Missoula, Montana discusses her concerns about extended federally funded unemployment benefits ending and what that means for people looking for safe working conditions during a pandemic.

Living With Chronic Illness and Losing Pandemic Unemployment Benefits

July 6, 2021

By Gloria Chan

Sarah Capdeville of Missoula, Montana describes her experiences and concerns around unemployment benefits during the pandemic as a person with chronic illness.

We Need a Permanent Expanded CTC for Our Children’s Futures

June 4, 2021

By Topacio Marrero

Like many parents, the pandemic brought so much uncertainty into my family’s life. As a wife and mother of two young children, there was no amount of planning that could…

As a mother of four, the stimulus checks came right on time

May 7, 2021

By Sharisse Tracey

A week or so before Mother’s Day, President Biden unveiled a sweeping 1.8 trillion plan to expand educational opportunities and child care for families, funded in part by the largest…

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