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Week of Action: Fighting for Families Messaging and Policy Guide
Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2017
Level County
State(s) All States
Source State Innovation Exchange
Policy Areas Education, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Children & Families, Community Development, Public Spaces, Housing, Public Safety, Health, Environment & Natural Resources, Energy
Outdated workplace policies have failed to keep pace with the demands on today's workforce, limiting our economic growth....
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Removing Savings Penalties for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level County
State(s) All States
Source SiX Action
Policy Areas Finance & Procurement, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Housing, Public Safety, Children & Families
In an era where the rich continue to get richer, the divide between white wealth and the wealth of households of color widens, and more than a third of all Americans are one financial crisis away from poverty, maintaining the barriers to saving ingrained in state law are simply bad...
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Privatizing the VA: Lessons from Privatized Medicaid in Kansas and Iowa
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level State
State(s) Iowa, Kansas
Source In the Public Interest
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Health
Kansas and Iowa have recently privatized the Medicaid services provided to veterans. The experience of both states highlights the dangers of privatization: veterans programs have suffered cuts in care and diminished oversight and transparency while reducing costs far less than expected....
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Voters Express Broad Support for Paid Family & Medical Leave
Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2018
Level County, City or Town
State(s) All States
Source SiX Action
Policy Areas Health, Housing, Public Safety, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Children & Families
Polling conducted in advance of the 2018 legislative session in key battleground states showed broad support among likely voters for policies that provide working families with economic security. In particular, the polling found high levels of support for expanded healthcare coverage...
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Healthcare for All Platform
Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2019
Level -
State(s) All States
Source People's Action
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Health
The United States’ current healthcare system is driven by profit and governed by insurance and pharmaceutical companies, rather than by the people. This platform calls for improved Medicare for all, which will shift power from corporations and the one percent (insurance & drug corporations),...
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The Uneven Path 2020: State Investments in Women’s Economic Security
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2020
Level State
State(s) Rhode Island
Source Women's Fund of Rhode Island
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Health, Children & Families
Economic insecurity is the root of many of the problems women and girls face in Rhode Island. Federal and state governments can help promote women’s economic security by implementing policies that promote equality and adequate earnings in the workplace and investing in programs that...
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Paid Sick Days
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2016
Level County
State(s) All States
Source State Innovation Exchange
Policy Areas Health, Housing, Public Safety, Children & Families, Health, Economic Justice, Civil Rights
More than 40 million Americans still do not have access to paid sick time, and these numbers are concentrated among the lowest-wage workers - 80 percent of whom lack access. The health impacts on employees and on the workplace can be jarring; those without paid sick days are 1.5 times...
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Paid Family & Medical Leave
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2016
Level County
State(s) All States
Source State Innovation Exchange
Policy Areas Housing, Public Safety, Children & Families, Health, Economic Justice, Civil Rights
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) was a momentous piece of federal legislation that secured the right of working Americans to take up to 12 unpaid weeks off of work for the birth of their child, to care for their newborn, to care for a loved one with a serious illness,...
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Strengthening Medicaid: Challenges States Must Address As The Public Health Emergency Ends
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2023
Level State
State(s) All States
Source People’s Action Institute
Policy Areas -
Medicaid improves the health of recipients and strengthens both the healthcare system and the U.S. economy, but issues in enrollment, renewal, and usage create barriers to accessing quality service. Most Medicaid legislation is made at the federal level, but states have some influence...
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The Critical State of Black Women's Health
Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2022
Level State
State(s) All States, Arkansas
Source Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families
Policy Areas Health
This report provides an overview of the issues affecting Black women's health, including systemic racism, discrimination, and implicit bias within the health care system. It offers the following recommendations: create policies with an intentional racial equity lens, expand Medicaid...
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