Kids Can't Wait

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A Simple Idea That Could Change Things for Kids: Child Impact Statements
There's no such thing as a child-neutral policy. So why don't we require policymakers to say how their decisions affect children?
 • Bruce Lesley
Terrible Toxics: How the EPA Rollbacks Are Betraying Child Health
A new report by leading scientists who worked at the EPA document how the Administration's recent rollbacks of health safeguards are exposing children…
 • Bruce Lesley
The State of the Union: Leaving Children and Families Behind
Parents listened for a plan, but what they heard was cuts, bureaucracy, xenophobia, and culture wars.
 • Bruce Lesley
When Government Sells Fear, Kids Lose Medicaid
The Administration’s organized abandonment philosophy is promoting coverage loss, churn, misinformation, and intimidation as policy.
 • Bruce Lesley
120 Champions and Defenders of Children: The Lawmakers Who Show Up for Kids
Our Scorecard reveals gender and regional patterns that may help explain why child well-being varies so much from state to state.
 • Bruce Lesley and Maxwell R. Rowshandel, MPH
The Evidence Is Not Neutral: Two Competing Paths for America’s Mothers and Babies
The fight is not about family values or culture wars. It is about whether we invest in babies when it matters most.
 • Bruce Lesley
The ‘SAVE America Act’ Threatens Children’s Representation
For most of American history, democracy was not designed to include everyone.
 • Bruce Lesley
Kids Can't Wait
Kids Can't Wait
Kids Can't Wait promotes public policy change to improve the lives and well-being of our children and grandchildren in the U.S. and worldwide.
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