Press Release

Matthew Tippit Joins Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio Policy Team

November 16, 2022 | Ohio
Children’s Defense Fund - Texas Testimony on the Community Effects of Operation Lone Star

November 15, 2022 | Texas
Child Health

Children’s Defense Fund appoints Alisha Porter as New State Director of Minnesota Office

Saint Paul, MN — Alisha Porter has been named the new state director of Children's Defense Fund-Minnesota. Porter previously served in the interim role, providing her experience and leadership before formally accepting the position.

October 18, 2022 | National
Immigration

Children's Defense Fund DACA Statement

DACA has been a government band-aid for delivering lasting protection for immigrants for a decade. Children's Defense Fund stands firmly with DACA recipients and all Dreamers and calls on Congress to enact a permanent legislative solution to provide a pathway to citizenship that these young people and their families need and deserve.

October 11, 2022 | National
Children’s Defense Fund DACA Statement

October 11, 2022 | Texas
Children’s Defense Fund-Texas Testimony — Invited Testimony Regarding Joint Charge # 2 to the Joint Texas House Committees on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence and Juvenile Justice & Family Issues

October 3, 2022 | Texas
Children’s Defense Fund-Texas Testimony — Texas Health and Human Services Commission Legislative Appropriations Request

September 30, 2022 | Texas
Child Welfare

Hunger-Free Schools Ohio Coalition Supports the Ohio State Board of Education Resolution to Recommend to the General Assembly the use of ARPA funds to provide Free Breakfast and Lunch to all Ohio Students

September 26, 2022 | Ohio
Child Health

Children’s Defense Fund and Florida A&M University Awarded National Endowment for The Humanities Grant

August 19, 2022; Washington, D.C. — Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools® program and Florida A&M University (FAMU) have been awarded a $175,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to conduct a two-week hybrid summer institute for educators entitled Centering Youth Agency in the Civil Rights Movement.

August 29, 2022 | National
Early Childhood

New Survey Shows Ohio Parents Overwhelmingly Support “Whole Child” Education

New Survey Shows Ohio Parents Overwhelmingly Support “Whole Child” Education Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio partnered with Baldwin Wallace University’s Community Research Institute to capture the views of parents on the state’s educational framework (COLUMBUS, OH) – The first statewide survey to ask Ohio parents to weigh in on “whole child” approaches to education finds broad approval among K-12 parents.

August 12, 2022 | Ohio