Health Equity

What Children and Families Need From the 117th Congress: Policy Recommendations to Improve their Health and Well-Being

In honor of Mother’s Day, we would like to reshare our 117th Congress Policy Recommendations for Children and Families. As Congress and the Biden Administration consider how best to advance criti...

Advocates Call to Action: Honor Moms this Mother’s Day by Urging Congress to Address the Maternal Health Crisis

As our nation emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, there is no denying that the pandemic has had a devastating effect on the health and economic landscape of the United States. While COVID-19 has affecte...

California Takes Steps to Move Its Health Care System Toward Health Equity and Social Justice

Over the last two years, consumer advocates, community leaders, insurers, providers, community-based organizations, and other key stakeholders in California developed specific policy recommendations t...

Nearly 200 Organizations Send Core Values to Prioritize in Next Relief Package to the Administration and Congressional Leadership

In a letter co-led by American Federations of Teachers, Community Catalyst, Families USA, National Partnership for Women & Families, and Protect Our Care, nearly 200 organizations urge the Biden A...

Equity in COVID-19 Vaccines: Emerging Lessons from the Front Lines

COVID-19 exposed the problems with our health system, and it has shown what needs to change. As our nation recovers from the pandemic, we must build a "new normal" that prioritizes the communities hit...

Learnings in Leadership: Karen Kali, Washington, DC

Karen Kali is the Senior Program Manager of Special Initiatives at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC). In her role, she focuses on aging in the community, Age-Friendly Banking, healt...

The Urgent Need to Better Support Home- and Community-Based Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Call to Action for State Advocates

Under the newly enacted American Rescue Plan, states can receive increased Medicaid funding from the federal government from April 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022, to “enhance, expand, or strengthen...