More than 10,000 teaching jobs lost to budget cuts in Texas

Texas lawmakers cut funding for public education by around $5.4 billion to balance its budget, and students are feeling the effects. A New York Times article on the education cuts is calling it “the year of doing without” for Texas…

Report: “Higher state taxes are better for children”

The states with the highest tax rates also have the highest scores for child well-being, according to a new report from the Foundation for Child Development. The Foundation concludes that higher government revenues can translate into more and better…

Celebrating Medicaid on its 46th anniversary

Medicaid, which helps more than 28 million children gain access to health care, will have its 46th anniversary tomorrow! It’s certainly worth celebrating the doctor visits, vaccinations and other help Medicaid has provided to so many needy children. Our friends…

Protecting Medicaid, protecting our future

We’re very pleased to feature a piece today by guest writer Carrie Fitzgerald, from fellow child advocates First Focus:

As negotiations on deficit reduction continue in Washington, it is clear that there are few areas of agreement…

Poll: Most Americans want balanced approach to national debt

A new poll released yesterday finds that most Americans would prefer to settle the budget debate through a mix of spending cuts and tax increases. This news is important because in the current budget hysteria taking place on Capitol Hill,…

A new Facebook app to stop cuts to kids!

As this budget battle heats up, we need to reach out to our members of Congress in every way possible to protect critical supports for kids. And we have an exciting new way to do just that: our new…

Washington Post: “Don’t Gut Pell Grants”

An editorial in the Washington Post today made the case for protecting Pell Grants, which helps millions of students afford college. “We think it’s shortsighted to try to save money by denying people the chance to better themselves, but there…

It’s a twister! The American jobs lost from Medicaid cutbacks

The president and congressional leaders are in special meetings this week working out a budget deal. On the negotiating table? Medicaid – a program that helps millions of children and low-income families receive health care and creates millions of jobs.

You can speak up to stop deep cuts to child nutrition

We’ve talked this week about budget cuts from the House that could cut off food assistance for up to 350,000 women and children. These cuts to the Women, Infants, and Children food assistance program are unconscionable, especially when you consider…

350,000 needy children and mothers could lose food aid — speak up!

This week is the 10-year anniversary of the Bush-era tax cuts for the nation’s wealthiest households. In 2012 alone, the extension of these cuts will cost taxpayers an estimated $20 billion.

In stark contrast to these tax…