Pass Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Now
YWCA USA urges Majority Leader Schumer to bring the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) to the Senate floor for a standalone vote.
Nonprofit Letter on Pandemic Relief 2022
YWCA USA calls for prompt legislative action to address hardships of problems charitable organizations are facing to strengthen nonprofits.
Support Inclusive Child Care and Universal PreK
YWCA joins LCCHR and urges Representatives to support the Build Back Better Act’s inclusion of Child Care and Universal Pre-Kindergarten along with the explicit federal nondiscrimination language accompanying the provisions.
Advancing Gender and Racial Equity
YWCA USA wrote Business Roundtable and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is support “care economy” policies that promote gender and racial equity and the passage of the Build Back Better Act.
Employee Retention Tax Credit and Charitable Nonprofits
YWCA USA joined this letter seeking Congressional support for urgent relief through retention and improvement of the ERTC in budget reconciliation that will enable charitable organizations to contribute to our nation’s relief, recovery, and rebuilding.
Make CTC and EITC Expansions Permanent in Forthcoming Reconciliation Bill
YWCA USA joined LCCHR's letter urging Congress to make permanent, through the reconciliation bill, the temporary expansions of the child tax credit (CTC) and earned income tax credit (EITC) contained in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and to extend eligibility to include all families, regardless of immigration status.
Help Nonprofits Retain Staff to Serve their Communities
YWCA USA joined this letter urging Congress to include the WORK NOW Act in economic stimulus legislation to help nonprofit organizations retain their employees, scale their service delivery, and provide unemployed people with new jobs serving their communities.
The WORK Now Act Will Support Nonprofit and Staff
YWCA USA joined this Nonprofit Coalition letter asking President Biden to express his support for inclusion of the WORK NOW Act in your economic stimulus legislation to support nonprofits and encourage employment.
Mental Health School Reopening Guidance
YWCA USA joined this letter uring the Department of Education (ED) to issue guidance that supports schools to prioritize supplemental funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (American Rescue Plan) for mental health services and supports as students return to in-person learning from COVID-19.
Prioritize Housing Investments in the Future Recovery or Infrastructure Legislation
YWCA USA joined this letter urging Predient Biden and Secretary Fudge to prioritize robust investments in housing vouchers, public housing, and the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) in any future recovery or infrastructure package.
Cancel Federal Student Debt Using Executive Authority
YWCA USA joind this letter urging President Biden to boost the economy, tackle racial disparities, and provide much-needed stimulus to help all Americans weather the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated recession by using executive authority to cancel federal student debt immediately.
Recommendations for Civil Rights Data Collection during the COVID-19 Pandemic
YWCA USA joined LCCHR's letter urging the Office for Civil Rights to make changes to the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) timing and survey instrument.
Support Child Care Funding in the Recovery Package
YWCA USA joined this letter to offer our partnership and support to ensure that equitable economic recovery efforts include provisions that uplift a comprehensive child care and early education system.
Nonprofit Coalition Applauds Provisions in American Rescue Plan
YWCA USA joined this letter to celebrate many helpful aspects of the law and urge Congress and the Administration to quickly take action to enact further relief for charities and nonprofits.
Issues of Concern to Charitable Nonprofits Eligible for the Paycheck Protection Program
YWCA USA joined this letter asking the Small Business Administration and Department of Treasury, as appropriate, to take action so that charitable nonprofits can maintain and expand their operations, including hiring additional workers, to address critical needs that are growing exponentially due to the pandemic.
Extend Paycheck Protection Program Application Deadline
YWCA USA joined this letter requesting that Congress extend the Paycheck Protection Program application deadline from the end of March through the end of the year to adequately assure that all qualifying businesses and nonprofits can access needed PPP relief.
Include Additional Provisions in COVID-19 Legislation
YWCA USA joined NIIAG's letter to express our support for provisions in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 that will bolster community and civic structures that ensure all communities across America, especially Black, Indigenous, and other people of color who have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, can rebuild, engage, and thrive.
Include Nonprofits in Paycheck Protection Program Improvements
YWCA USA joined this letter supporting language that would clarify that “a nonprofit organization shall be eligible to receive a covered loan if the nonprofit organization employs not more than 500 employees per physical location of the organization.
Co-sponsor and Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act
YWCA USA joined this letter urging Congress to co-sponsor and push for swift passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act as a top priority of the 117th Congress.