Tell Congress to Support the Reach Every Mother and Child Act
Thanks to our friends at ELCA Advocacy! Improving access to healthcare is one of the advocacy priorities of our Church. Lutheran ministries both here at home and abroad continue to provide health services—including child and maternal health, to those in … Continued
Urge Congress to Continue Funding for CHIP, Home Visits for Mothers
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): It’s shocking when you think about it. Gridlock and political games in Congress have resulted in both the Children’s Health Insurance and Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting programs (CHIP and MIECHV) to lapse. [1,2] *Sign … Continued
Urge Trump and Congress to Keep Immigrant Families Together
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Hundreds of thousands of mothers who have been living and working legally in the U.S. for decades are right now making the heartbreaking choice of whether to leave their U.S. citizen children with neighbors and friends … Continued
Put Children and Families First—Not Tax Cuts: Sign the Petition
From the Every Child Matters Education Fund (http://www.everychildmatters.org/): I know we have one thing in common: we both want children to be a priority when it comes to federal, state, and local policies. Unfortunately, some recent Trump administration actions don’t … Continued
Tell Congress to Support Child Care for Working Families Now
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): “I’m frustrated that our childcare costs more than our rent AND our car payments COMBINED.”– Christina Each day at MomsRising we hear from people like Christina who are struggling to find high-quality, affordable early learning opportunities, … Continued
#ShutDownBerks Call-In Day—September 13
We are calling on Governor Wolf to work with Secretary Miller of PA Department of Human Services to immediately issue an Emergency Removal Order (ERO) which would ensure that the families detained at the Berks County Residential Center (BCRC; detention … Continued
Security and Stability: The Importance of Paid Leave
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/09/08/security-stability-importance-paid-leave/#.WbaVCrKGMdU By David Elliot September 8, 2017 In 1992, Lauren and her husband Steve, of Mercerville, New Jersey, welcomed their daughter Stephanie to the family. They didn’t know it at the time, but they would become the textbook argument … Continued
Speak Up to Support Vulnerable Families
From Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (http://www.papartnerships.org): In less than 60 days, the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program will expire if Congress doesn’t act to extend this vital program. MIECHV provides funding for states to develop and … Continued
Support Nursing Mothers Who Need a Place to Pump
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Airplane bathrooms. Parked cars. Utility closets. In a cubicle with absolutely no privacy. These are just some of the places that breastfeeding moms have had to pump breastmilk because they didn’t have access to anything better. … Continued