Cara Baldari
@shortestlawyer
Passionate about ending child poverty and homelessness. Views my own.
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24-01-2011 19:34:22
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Delayed in uplifting this but so grateful for Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock and his leadership on behalf of ALL children. #DNC2024
TY Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz for making expansion of the #ChildTaxCredit a priority, especially for our youngest children. It has been a focus of the Dana Bash interview so far! #EndChildPoverty
New U.S. Census Bureau data released today finds that nearly 14% of children in the U.S. are living in poverty, about a million more kids from last year. This is unacceptable because we know what works to #EndChildPoverty www2.census.gov/library/public…
No child should be denied the chance for a bright future based on their family’s hardship. Yet new data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that ~10m kids are living in poverty in the U.S. and face barriers to success. #EndChildPoverty Child Poverty Action Group - USA census.gov/content/dam/Ce…
New findings from Center on Poverty & Social Policy (CPSP) finds that an expanded #ChildTaxCredit would have kept an additional 3.6 million children from experiencing poverty in 2023. #EndChildPoverty Child Poverty Action Group - USA povertycenter.columbia.edu/publication/wh…
New Data shows a 163% increase in child poverty since 2021 firstfocus.org/update/new-dat… #EndChildPoverty Child Poverty Action Group - USA
TY Kamala Harris for highlighting the need for an increased #ChildTaxCredit right away —so families can buy a crib, afford child care and more. #Debate2024
Please join First Focus on Children for our upcoming 2024 Children's Budget summit this Thurs, Sept. 19th! Register here: firstfocus.org/event/children… #InvestinKids
New issue brief from First Focus on Children details the recent upward trend in child poverty in the U.S. and why this trend is unacceptable #EndChildPoverty Child Poverty Action Group - USA firstfocus.org/resource/child…
“The way I view the world is through children.” Heard today from the remarkable champion for children Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) at First Focus on Children’s Children’s Budget Summit. #InvestinKids firstfocus.org/event/children…
1 in 2 U.S. families can't afford enough diapers to keep their baby clean, dry, & healthy. That’s why First Focus on Children is helping to bring attention to the impacts of this growing problem with National Diaper Bank Network during #NationalDiaperNeedAwarenessWeek. Learn more: nationaldiaperbanknetwork.org
Diaper need forces families to make tough choices to afford diapers. That’s why First Focus on Children is proud to join National Diaper Bank Network in the fight to #EndDiaperNeed - this #NationalDiaperNeedAwarenessWeek, take action and get involved at nationaldiaperbanknetwork.org.
Such a pleasure to talk to Michel Martin on NPR's Morning Edition to discuss how the Harris-Walz and Trump-Vance campaigns are addressing and talking about issues of importance to children and families. --> buff.ly/3C0xI3Z #VoteKids #ChildTaxCredit #ChildCar
The #ChildTaxCredit is even more critical when families with low incomes face #disaster. Congress must make the #CTC fully refundable and expand eligibility to all kids regardless of immigration status! brucelesley.substack.com/p/when-wildfir… H/t Bruce Lesley
Chuck Schumer Just learned HUD must approve spending of PHA’s reserves so impact on rental programs is fairly immediate. This harmful “pause” on funding will cause senseless delay and disruption.