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Improve pregnancy care, and parents’ finances will improve too, a paper suggests
Researchers recommend investments not just in prenatal and postpartum care, but also housing needs, home visits and endowments for newborns from low-income families.
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Home care workers are far more likely to have poor mental health, new study shows
Home health care workers, who are predominantly women, experience poor mental health at about double the rate of the typical American worker — and that was before the pandemic.
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When federal assistance for 'daily living' doesn’t include parenting
Parents living with disabilities struggle to meet their children’s basic needs under Medicaid rules that say home health care resources don’t apply to them.
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Build Back Better’s investment in home care is big — but is it enough?
Disability and labor advocates are cheering proposed home care spending. But they're also worried insufficient investment could pit increased wages against greater capacity.
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‘Am I even fit to be a mom?’ Diaper need is an invisible part of poverty in America
Parents cannot use federal aid to pay for diapers, and are often forced to come up with other solutions, using maxi pads or towels to keep their children clean and dry. In rural America where aid is even harder to access, tiny diaper banks are the only lifeline.
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Woman alleges that an assisted living facility denied her admission because she is transgender
The 78-year-old woman has filed a discrimination complaint in Maine. Advocates say this could be the first case of its kind in the United States.
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How Sen. Gillibrand and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, are trying to get paid leave passed
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand plans to invite Meghan to D.C. to have dinner with all the women senators and advocate for paid leave.
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One school still uses electric shock devices on its students. Seven senators are leaning on the FDA to get them banned.
In a letter first shared with The 19th, they called the devices dangerous. Their use is the subject of a legal battle.
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Pete Buttigieg took parental leave. LGBTQ+ advocates and administration officials say that should be normal.
A paid-leave proposal is part of the White House’s proposed Build Back Better legislation.
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What does child care look like when it works?
A center in Tennessee has a model that could make child care sustainable in the long run — by taking the business side out of day cares.