Press Release

Child Health

Top Organizations Across US Launch NinetyToZero To Combat Racial Wealth Gap

Goldman Sachs, Starbucks, Lead Research Partner The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania, Robin Hood foundation, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, ACLU, McKinsey & Company, Lord Abbett, and Children’s Defense Fund join together to combat the racial wealth gap.

April 6, 2021 | National
Child Health

National Child Advocacy Organization Sounds Alarm for America’s Children in Crisis

March 28, 2021 | National
Children's Defense Fund - Texas on the anti-voter bills Senate Bill 7 and House Bill 6

March 26, 2021 | Texas
Child Poverty

Statement: The Children’s Defense Fund Celebrates Passage of the American Rescue Plan Act, a Critical Down Payment on Ending Child Poverty

The Children’s Defense Fund will fight to make these changes to the Child Tax Credit permanent and to continue make improvements. We believe this is crucial to our vision of a nation where marginalized children flourish, leaders prioritize their well-being, and communities wield the power to ensure they thrive.

March 10, 2021 | National
Children’s Defense Fund – Texas Written Testimony for House Appropriations Committee Article II on HB1

March 1, 2021 | Texas
Education

The Boeing Company Partners with The Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools Program to Boost Equity in STEM Education

Washington, D.C. February 10, 2021 - Thanks to a $1 million grant from The Boeing Company, the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools® program will now offer culturally responsive STEM education to students under the banner of a new initiative entitled “CDF Freedom to STEM.”

February 10, 2021 | National
Children's Defense Fund-Texas Statement on Black History Month 2021

February 2, 2021 | Texas
Statement on the Trump Administration's Decision to Extend Partial Funding for Texas Under the 1115 Medicaid Waiver

January 19, 2021 | Texas
Child Poverty

Statement on President-Elect Biden's First COVID-19 Relief Package Proposal

January 15, 2021 | National
Child Health

Statement: The Children’s Defense Fund Applauds Action to Impeach the President

January 14, 2021 | National