YWCA USA joined NWLC's letter asking Congress to provide at least $50 billion in dedicated child care funding in the 4th COVID-19 package.

YWCA USA joined this letter requesting that the Secretary direct HHS to restore access to healthcare benefits under the ACA for DACA recipients in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

YWCA USA joined NWLC's letter urging the Secretary to suspend the rulemaking process for the proposed Title IX sexual harassment rule until after the national emergency for COVID-19 has come to an end and schools have resumed their regular operations.

YWCA USA joined this letter asking HHS to to clarify that paid sick leave extends to family caregivers for people with disabilities and older adults because of care provider closure or direct care workers unavailability due to COVID-19.

YWCA USA joined this letter urgining an increase to the charitable giving incentive in the Republican COVID-19 relief package to help support nonprofits.

YWCA USA joined this letter urging Congress to swiftly pass the Paid Sick Days for Public Health Emergencies and Personal and Family Care Act (S. 3415/H.R. 6150) ensuring working people have access to 14 days of paid sick leave during the COVID-19 outbreak or any future public health emergency.

YWCA USA CEO, Alejandra Y. Castillo, on the Healthy Families Act (H.R. 1784) to emphasize the need for a national paid sick days standard, particularly for working women of color as well as survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

YWCA USA joined this letter urging Congress to consider increasing funding for children and families as they decide allocations for the FY 2021 appropriations bills and determine specific program funding levels.

YWCA USA joined NWLC's letter urging Congress to pass of the Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 270) to achieve pay equity women in this country.

YWCA USA submits comments on the proposed rule to limit SNAP eligibility strongly urges the Department of Agriculture to withdraw the proposed rule in its entirety and to reject any proposals that would cause more women and families to face an increased risk of food and economic insecurity.

YWCA USA submits comments on the proposed rule published at 84 FR42854, RIN 2529-AA98, with the title, “HUD’s Implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s Disparate Impact Standard.” (Proposed Rule) opposing any changes to HUD’s existing Disparate Impact Rule and urges HUD to withdraw the Proposed Rule in its entirety because it would significantly undermine the protections against housing discrimination for women, children, or families offered by the Disparate Impact Rule.

YWCA USA urges the Office for Civil Rights to reject the Proposed Revisions to Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) permiting discrimination against LGBTQ individuals, immigrant communities, those with disabilities, those needed reproductive health care, and survivors of gender-based violence.

YWCA USA comments on proposed rule opposing a HUD proposed rule changing the verification standards for eligibilty for housing and urges the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to withdraw the Rule in its entirety and to ensure that HUD’s long-standing regulations remain in effect.

YWCA USA joined this letter urging Congress to cosponsor the Patsy T. Mink and Louise M. Slaughter Gender Equity in Education Act (GEEA) of 2019 to support the professionals and institutions who are working to achieve gender equity in education and comply with Title IX.

YWCA USA joined this letter expressing our strong opposition to S. 1494, the Secure and Protect Act of 2019 as this bill supports harmful immigration policies and will make sweeping changes to critical safety programs, including asylum, impacting thousands in need of protection.

YWCA USA joined NWLC's letter urging Congress to co-sponsor the Bringing an End to Harassment by Enhancing Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination (BE HEARD) in the Workplace Act (S. 1082, H.R. 2148) to defending civil rights, ensuring workplace fairness, and ending gender-based violence for millions of individuals.

YWCA USA CEO, Alejandra Y. Castillo, submits a statement advocating for the Equal Rights Amendment as it would help improve the lives of survivors of domestic and sexual violence around the country by giving Congress the constitutional basis to pass laws that give women victimized by gender-based violence recourse in the courts and providing a constitutional basis for claims of gender-based violence.

YWCA USA comments opposing a proposed USDA rule to impose additional requirements to receive SNAP on able-bodied adults without dependents and urges the Department of Agriculture to reject any proposals that would cause more women and families to face an increased risk of food and economic insecurity.

YWCA USA joined this letter urging Pompeo to extend an invitation to Professor E. Tendayi Achiume of the United Nations to conduct an official fact-finding visit to examine the historic and present marks of racism and racial discrimination that have presented new and renewed, alarming trends of racism in the United States.

YWCA USA CEO, Alejandra Y. Castillo, urges Congress to support a reauthorization of VAWA that maintains the safety, resources, and protections that have been critical to all survivors, particularly women of color and other marginalized communities, and includes the following modest but critical improvements to more fully address the needs of victims and survivors.