One of the misfortunes of the American Rescue Plan was that the provisions to expand the Child Tax Credit for the nation’s families expired at the end of 2021 after helping drop the child poverty rate to its lowest rate in decades. While several states, including Arizona, sought local remedies to partially or fully make … Read more
When only one poor child can not get health insurance, that is one child too many. That is the primary motivation for Arizona State Senator Brian Fernandez who introduced SB1487 on January 30, 2024. This measure, if it becomes law, would expand eligibility for impoverished families at 250 percent of the Federal Poverty Level to … Read more
Former Biden/Harris Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families at the Department of Health and Human Services, Attorney, Public Interest Advocate, and 2018 Democratic Arizona Attorney General Nominee, January Contreras is having a “wonderful” time as the new head of the Arizona Children’s Action Alliance (CAA.) A 35-year-old bipartisan organization dedicated to the … Read more
Let the budget games begin. On Friday afternoon, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs released her Proposed Budget for the Fiscal Year 2024/25. Among the highlights of the budget are: Please click here to view the full proposed budget from the Governor’s office. With the state showing, thanks in part to decreased revenues from Ducey era tax … Read more
A coalition of organizations that support increased funding for Arizona Public Schools has written a letter to Republican leaders in the State Legislature asking them to work with Governor Katie Hobbs and Democrats in a bipartisan fashion to erase the $4.5 billion deficit in K-12 education funding. Coalition Letter AZ’s Classroom Crisis The organizations comprising … Read more