Topic: Health, Topic: Federal Budget & Appropriations, Type: Letter, Format: PDF, State: National Jackie Adhiambo Topic: Health, Topic: Federal Budget & Appropriations, Type: Letter, Format: PDF, State: National Jackie Adhiambo

CTAP SUPPORT / RISE from Trauma Letter

YWCA USA joins organizations asking Sens. Sanders and Cassidy to consider including provisions that address inter-generational child trauma and substance use disorder and addition as they work towards reauthorization of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act

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Topic: Federal Budget & Appropriations, Type: Letter, Format: PDF, State: National Jackie Adhiambo Topic: Federal Budget & Appropriations, Type: Letter, Format: PDF, State: National Jackie Adhiambo

CHN Letter Re: Shutdown

YWCA USA joins organizations urging Congress to pass a clean bipartisan, bicameral continuing resolution (CR) including emergency funding that supports current services and addresses urgent needs and is free of poison pill policy riders that are harmful and irrelevant to the functions of government.

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Topic: Child Care, Topic: Federal Budget & Appropriations, Type: Letter, Format: PDF, State: National Jackie Adhiambo Topic: Child Care, Topic: Federal Budget & Appropriations, Type: Letter, Format: PDF, State: National Jackie Adhiambo

NWLC Emergency Child Care Letter

YWCA USA joins organizations urging Congress to urge you to invest at least $16 billion per year in emergency child care funding to avert a devastating decrease in the supply of care that would disrupt both families and our economy.

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Topic: Economic Security, Topic: Education, Type: Letter, Format: PDF, State: National Jackie Adhiambo Topic: Economic Security, Topic: Education, Type: Letter, Format: PDF, State: National Jackie Adhiambo

Coalition Letter Opposing CRA Efforts to Overturn Student Loan Payment Pause

YWCA USA joins organizations voicing strong opposition to bicameral efforts to use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn President Biden's actions to pause student loan payments and provide student debt relief.

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Topic: LGBTQ+ & Trans Rights, Topic: Education, Type: Letter, Format: PDF, State: National Jackie Adhiambo Topic: LGBTQ+ & Trans Rights, Topic: Education, Type: Letter, Format: PDF, State: National Jackie Adhiambo

NWLC and Women’s Sports Foundation letter re: H.R. 734

YWCA USA joins organizations voicing vehement opposition to H.R. 734, “The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023,” and any other similar effort to ban transgender girls from participating in sports.

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Topic: Education, Topic: Racial Justice & Civil Rights, Type: Letter, Format: PDF, State: National Jeannine Gallagher Topic: Education, Topic: Racial Justice & Civil Rights, Type: Letter, Format: PDF, State: National Jeannine Gallagher

Support the Rights of All Students and Parents

YWCA USA calls Congress to support the rights and inclusion of all students and parents in our public school system by supporting H.Res. 219, the Bill of Rights for Students and Parents, and opposing H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act.

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Topic: Education, Topic: Racial Justice & Civil Rights, Type: Letter, Format: PDF, State: National Jackie Adhiambo Topic: Education, Topic: Racial Justice & Civil Rights, Type: Letter, Format: PDF, State: National Jackie Adhiambo

Ed Trust NWLC Corporal Punishment Letter

YWCA USA joins organizations calling on federal, state, and local policymakers to eliminate the shameful practice of corporal punishment in our nation’s schools. Highlights disproportionate impact on black girls, students of color, students with disabilities. Calls on Congress to pass H.R. 3836/S.2029, the Protecting our Students in Schools Act.

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