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WASHINGTON The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s (CBCF’s) National Racial Equity Initiative for Social Justice (NREI) fellowship program this month is marking one year of advancing social justice and racial equity and welcoming four new Congressman John R. Lewis Social Justice Policy Fellows. CBCF launched NREI in June of 2020 in response to the protests of police killings of unarmed Black Americans and the historically unlevel playing field for minorities. NREI’s mission is to combat systemic injustice and advance racial equity, human rights, education, and community and economic development opportunities for the Black community. In July 2020, the fellowship program was renamed to honor the late Congressman John R. Lewis, a leader in the U.S. Congress and the fight for racial equity. The John R. Lewis Social Justice Fellowship is designed to give young Black leaders the opportunity to work in Congress, and fellows are placed with
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The Healthiest Communities rankings from U.S. News & World Report show how nearly 3,000 U.S. counties and county equivalents perform in 84 metrics across 10 health and health-related categories.
The broad framework of categories and subcategories is based on factors key to evaluating community health that were identified by the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics – a policy advisory board to the head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – as part of its Measurement Framework for Community Health and Well-Being. U.S. News adapted the NCVHS model in consultation with leading population health experts, resulting most notably in the inclusion of an equity category.
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Optimizing Distribution of American Rescue Plan Funds To Stabilize Child Care
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For the purposes of this issue brief, the term “child care programs” includes family home-based child care; child care centers; and nonprofit, for-profit, and franchise centers. The author interchangeably uses the terms “providers” and “early educators” when referring to the child care workforce, many members of which double as small business owners offering child care services.
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A pair of socks hang to dry inside a makeshift Border Patrol holding area for migrants in El Paso, back in 2019.
More unaccompanied migrant minors came into government care in March than any other month in the history of the Office of Refugee Resettlement program, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
And hundreds of those kids many of whom are fleeing violence in their home countries will end up with family in Houston, according to experts.
Federal officials have been overwhelmed by large numbers of Central American kids and teens arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border each day. Some 23,000 are currently in federal custody 2,700 in Customs and Border Protection custody and 20,500 under the care of Health and Human Services.