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For media inquiries or to request a CDF-Texas spokesperson please contact:

Anat Kelman Shaw, Director of Communications
akelman@childrensdefense.org
713-664-4080

Press Releases

National Child Poverty Rate Drops; Still Higher Than 2007: Small Relief for Black Children
September 13, 2016, Children's Defense Fund

CDF Statement on New Data Showing Drop of 606,000 in Uninsured Children in U.S.
September 13, 2016, Children's Defense Fund

Obama Administration Encourages Schools and Districts to Enroll Students in Healthcare Coverage through School Registration
August 31, 2016, Children's Defense Fund

U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services to Discuss How Schools and Districts Can Enroll Students in Health Coverage through School Registration
August 30, 2016, Children's Defense Fund

RELEASE: SCOTUS affirms children and other non-voters have a voice in Evenwel decision
April 4, 2016, Fair Elections Legal Network

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The Children’s Defense Fund is dedicated to providing a strong, effective and independent voice for all the children of America who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves. We pay particular attention to the needs of poor children, children of color and those with disabilities.

CDF’s mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. That is why CDF educates the nation about the needs of children and encourages preventive investments before they get sick, drop out of school, get into trouble or suffer family breakdown.

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Children in South Park and Sunnyside Communities are Getting HYPE'd Up
July 11, 2016, Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation

Lack of Medicaid Expansion Costing Texas Billions
June 10, 2016, Texas Public News Service

More Texas children got insurance in ACA's first year
February 15, 2016, Houston Chronicle

EDITORIAL: Insuring all Hispanic children
January 21, 2016, The Monitor

Playing Out The Impact Of More Children Being Insured
January 18, 2016, Side Effects Public Media

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Latest News

Houston Schools Ban Suspensions in Early Grades
February 12, 2016, Texas Observer

Child advocacy group calls for state to increase funding for pre-k
September 23, 2014, Austin American Statesman

How to Get Kids to Class
August 25, 2014, New York Times

CHIP merits support
August 22, 2014, Houston Chronicle

The School-to-Prison Pipeline: A Nationwide Problem for Equal Rights
November 7, 2013, Rolling Stone

Uninsured residents in Texas counties
April 17, 2013, Houston Chronicle

Rick Perry’s Refusal to Expand Texas’ Medicaid Program Could Result In Thousands of Deaths
January 2, 2013, The Texas Observer

Groundbreaking Senate Hearing Shines a Light on the School-to-Prison Pipeline
December 11, 2012, ACLU

Insurers Join Former Adversaries to Publicize Health Law
November 29, 2012, Bloomberg Businessweek

Why Texans need more Medicaid
August 4, 2012, Austin American-Statesman

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