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Members of Congress have threatened to cut 1 trillion dollars in Medicaid funding to states. 2 in 5 Iowa children rely on Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP/hawk-i) for their healthcare. We MUST protect these vital programs.

YOU can make a difference!

Attend a town hall in your district and ask your representative this one simple question:

How will you protect Medicaid and CHIP for Iowa’s children?

Find your town hall on the calendar below:

Recent Posts

Gubernatorial Candidates Share Views on Iowa’s Children and Families
August 14, 2018
The Children’s Policy Coalition today released responses of the two major-party candidates for governor in Iowa – Republican incumbent Governor Kim Reynolds and Democratic retired businessman Fred Hubbell – to questions posed on important child and family policy issues. Staffed by the Child and Family Policy Center and Every Child Matters in Iowa, the Children’s […]
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Workshop: “Winning on Child Care through Elections”
July 16, 2018
America’s child care movement increasingly is utilizing electoral engagement as a tool to build power and make policy progress. Examples from across the country were on display last month when Every Child Matters organized and led a popular workshop on Electoral Engagement at the Grassroots Assembly for Child Care and Early Education in Washington, DC. […]
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105,000 of Iowa’s children live in poverty — and it hasn’t gotten better in years, a new study says
July 16, 2018
26 June 2018 | By Kim Norvell, Des Moines Register More than one in seven Iowa children live in poverty — 105,000 in all — a number that has remained stubbornly stagnant despite extremely low unemployment, a new study says. While Iowa ranks fifth in the nation for the overall well-being of its children, its […]
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Candidates for Iowa Governor Talk Kids and Families with the Children’s Policy Coalition
May 29, 2018
“I think it starts with supporting a $15 an hour minimum wage, because that’s a floor. …We know $15 an hour is not a living wage, but it’s a lot better than the $7.25 where we are now.” That was former Iowa Democratic Party chair and gubernatorial candidate Dr. Andy McGuire’s response to a question […]
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