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Proposed HUD Rule Adds to Climate of Fear for Immigrant Families, Puts America’s Children at Greater Risk of Homelessness

Yesterday was the deadline for comments on yet another anti-immigrant proposed rule, this one targeting over 55,000 citizen children in mixed status families that rely on prorated housing assistance under current program rules. We joined other child health groups in submitting comments, underscoring the serious negative impacts of homelessness and housing insecurity for child well-being […]

Kelly Whitener

July 11, 2019

CMS Awards $48 Million in Outreach Funds for Children’s Coverage

Earlier this week, CMS announced that it was awarding $48 million in cooperative agreements to 39 organizations in 25 states to enroll eligible children in health coverage. Since 2009, CMS has awarded $210 million in funds to connect kids to coverage through various federal appropriation bills. Unfortunately, this latest round of grants was delayed as […]

Tricia Brooks

July 9, 2019

Weaponizing Program Integrity: A New Assault on Medicaid Expansion

CMS Administrator Seema Verma has never been a fan of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion or the positive difference it has made in the lives of low-income Americans. In fact, ever since Congress refused to repeal the expansion and block grant the program in 2017, Administrator Verma has been trying to make it harder […]

Andy Schneider

June 25, 2019

New Data Find Troubling Decline in Child Enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP Continues in Many States

Several months ago, we began to highlight concerns over the declining enrollment of children in Medicaid and CHIP. Just last month we published a brief on the unusual decline, noting that child enrollment had dropped by nearly 1 million children in 38 states in 2018. Although overall national enrollment was up by close to 20k […]

Tricia Brooks

June 19, 2019

Counting All Children in the 2020 Census Would Benefit Poor Children: State and Local Advocates Can Help

Being counted in the Decennial Census helps young children thrive. When they are counted, their communities get their fair share of over 800 billion dollars a year in federal funding that is allocated by formula using data derived from the federal Census. Those programs include many that remediate the harmful effects of poverty on young […]

Deborah Stein

June 18, 2019

State Policymakers Can Give Children the Best Start in Life by Maximizing and Aligning Investments

So much about a child’s health and growth is set in the years before their third birthday, when their brain is developing at a faster pace than at any time in life. As research continues to confirm, the early years of a child’s life set the stage for a lifetime of good health and well-being. […]

Maggie Clark, Elisabeth Wright Burak June 14, 2019