WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Children's Defense Fund Action Council today called on Members of Congress to support children and defeat the 2006 budget bill when it is voted on in the U.S. House of Representatives on February 1st. Congress failed children miserably in 2005. But Members of Congress will have a final chance to do the right thing and vote for children when this morally obscene budget bill is brought before them again for a vote next week. Last year, Congress chose to protect the wealthiest among us at the expense of the most vulnerable among us: our children. Congress chose to protect the wealthy despite the largest federal budget and trade deficits in history, increasing child poverty, skyrocketing health care costs, and the needs of tens of thousands of b...
To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Ed Shelleby of the Children's Defense Fund, +1-202-662- 3602
...27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Childrens Defense Fund Action Council (CDFAC) today released...
...Available online at www.childrensdefense.org> (accessed November 12, 2003). CROSS-REFERENCE...
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Children's Defense Fund- Ohio today announced "Uniting Generations to Support Children in Foster Care," a new state-wide initiative to raise awareness of the need to help grandparents and other relatives raising children in foster care. Children's Defense Fund-Ohio, Ohio Grandparent/ Kinship Coalition and Cuyahoga County Department of Senior and Adult Services will partner with Generations United to educate state and local policymakers, the media and the public about the need to act on guardianship and court recommendations that support grandparents and other relatives raising children. Generations United is the only national membership organization focused solely on intergenerational strategies, programs and public policies. More than six mi...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Cashing in on the promise of a quick fix, millions of low-income American workers paid more than $900 million in unnecessary fees and excessive interest when they filed their taxes in 2004 to expedite collection of their tax refunds. An analysis of IRS data by the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) found that most Refund Anticipation Loan (RAL) customers were low-income taxpayers who claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a refundable credit for low-wage earners, even though they only make up 17 percent of all taxpayers. Based on findings in states where CDF has offices, millions of dollars were spent in order to receive tax refunds more quickly. Low-income workers in Washington, D.C. unnecessarily paid $2.64 million in RAL fees and interest. I...
... in those areas, visit http://www.childrensdefense.org/ Benefits/dc/Rals(under)National.pdf. For more...
NEW ORLEANS, May 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A delegation of prominent Hollywood women -- including New Orleans native and Children's Defense Fund (CDF) Board Member Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Garner, Cicely Tyson, Regina King, and Deborah Santana - will travel to New Orleans May 8 to shine a light on the acute mental health, health and education crises of children traumatized by Katrina's storm over eight months ago. Also joining the trip will be over a dozen prominent entertainment, cultural, media, and community leaders including three Los Angeles CDF Board members: Carol Biondi, Ruth- Ann Huvane and Katie McGrath (see attached list). The delegation will see New Orleans' devastated Lower Ninth Ward; visit a trailer camp to talk with Katrina survivors about their living conditions; meet wi...
... is available at http://www.childrensdefense.org. CDF says "the May 8th Katrina Child WatchSM v...
WASHINGTON, March 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Children's Defense Fund Action Council today released its annual nonpartisan rankings of Representatives and Senators based on their votes in Congress in 2004 on legislation affecting the lives of children. Individual members and state delegations in Congress were evaluated. The Action Council ranked Hawaii's congressional delegation No. 1, with a 94 percent rating, while Wyoming was worst with a score of 5 percent (part 2 of 2): ------
WASHINGTON, May 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) today expressed dismay at the U.S. House of Representatives' passage of H.R. 4359, a bill that makes ill- advised changes to the child tax credit. This bill is another tax cut heavily slanted towards providing breaks for wealthy taxpayers, which adds to the growing list of such bills that already have been signed into law since 2001. Instead of passing a child tax credit bill that helps more working families lift their children out of poverty, the House of Representatives passed a bill that is loaded with more tax breaks for the rich," said Children's Defense Fund president and founder Marian Wright Edelman. "Under this misguided bill, a family with a parent who works full-time at the minimum wage would not be abl...
To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Nayyera Haq of the Children's Defense Fund, +1-202-662- 3592
... children, visit http:// www.childrensdefense.org/healthychild. Also visit http:// www.electsusi...
WASHINGTON, March 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Children's Defense Fund Action Council today released its annual nonpartisan rankings of Representatives and Senators based on their votes in Congress in 2004 on legislation affecting the lives of children. Individual members and state delegations in Congress were evaluated. The Action Council ranked Hawaii's congressional delegation No. 1, with a 94 percent rating, while Wyoming was worst with a score of 5 percent. (part 1 of 2): This is a dangerous time for children in America and we need to know which of our leaders are voting to protect children and which are voting to leave children behind," said CDF Action Council President Marian Wright Edelman. "We should not be persuaded merely by compassionate words -- we need to look at actions and...
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