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Child Welfare

Children’s Defense Fund-Minnesota Announces Award Recipients for 2019 Beat the Odds Scholarships

April 17, 2019 | Minnesota
Education

Press Release: New City Suspension Numbers Show Promise, Policy Change Still Needed

April 9, 2019 | New York
Child Health

40 Percent of Ohio Teenagers in Foster Care Placed in Group Homes, Increasing 10 Percent from 2007

April 2, 2019 | Ohio
Child Welfare

OHIO CENSUS ADVOCACY COALITION HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF 2020 CENSUS ON CENSUS ADVOCACY DAY

April 1, 2019 | Ohio
Board Vote Gives Youth Advocates Power

Earlier this week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to give a group of youth experts and advocates the power to determine how tens of millions of dollars that are supposed to be used on young people gets spent

March 28, 2019 | California
Child Health

A Healthier Start to Life

In February, CDF-CA and others joined Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) at a press conference to announce the introduction of AB 875 to reestablish “Healthy Start.” Healthy Start

March 25, 2019 | California
Child Health

Child Advocacy Coalition Affirms Support for DeWine Budget Investments

March 22, 2019 | Ohio
Beat the Odds

Apply Today: CDF Beat the Odds Scholarship Program

March 21, 2019 | California
Child Health

Supporting Boys & Young Men of Color

Along with hundreds of leaders from across the country, CDF-CA Executive Director Shimica Gaskins participated in The Obama Foundation’s MBK Rising event to synergize efforts to support boys and young men of color.

March 21, 2019 | California
Breaking the Silence Los Angeles: a Town Hall on Girls and Women of Color

With the African American Policy Forum and other organizations, CDF-CA co-sponsored a town hall on Saturday on girls and women of color at Loyola Law School. Community leaders came together to help elevate the voices and experiences of women and girls of color in Los Angeles.

March 21, 2019 | California