#childcare — Public Fediverse posts

Nobody should stare at a screen for eight hours a day, but children especially shouldn't.

#Medicine #FirstWorldProblems #ChildCare #HomeSchooling

Nobody should stare at a screen for eight hours a day, but children especially shouldn't.

#Medicine #FirstWorldProblems #ChildCare #HomeSchooling

Nobody should stare at a screen for eight hours a day, but children especially shouldn't.

#Medicine #FirstWorldProblems #ChildCare #HomeSchooling

Nobody should stare at a screen for eight hours a day, but children especially shouldn't.

#Medicine #FirstWorldProblems #ChildCare #HomeSchooling

Nobody should stare at a screen for eight hours a day, but children especially shouldn't.

#Medicine #FirstWorldProblems #ChildCare #HomeSchooling

UK chancellor urged to remove £100k childcare ‘cliff edge’ prompting parents to cut work hours
By Heather Stewart Economics editor

Critics say threshold pushes higher-paid staff to cut back on work and often mothers to stop working to avoid losing entitlement

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/10/uk-chancellor-urged-to-remove-100k-childcare-cliff-edge-prompting-parents-to-cut-work-hours

#Children #Childcare #Society #Money #Politics #JohnHealey #Budget #Budget2026 #UKnews #Taxandspending #Benefits #EconomicgrowthGDP #Economicpolicy #Business #Economics #TheGuardian #HeatherStewartEconomicseditor

UK chancellor urged to remove £100k childcare ‘cliff edge’ prompting parents to cut work hours
By Heather Stewart Economics editor

Critics say threshold pushes higher-paid staff to cut back on work and often mothers to stop working to avoid losing entitlement

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/10/uk-chancellor-urged-to-remove-100k-childcare-cliff-edge-prompting-parents-to-cut-work-hours

#Children #Childcare #Society #Money #Politics #JohnHealey #Budget #Budget2026 #UKnews #Taxandspending #Benefits #EconomicgrowthGDP #Economicpolicy #Business #Economics #TheGuardian #HeatherStewartEconomicseditor

UK chancellor urged to remove £100k childcare ‘cliff edge’ prompting parents to cut work hours
By Heather Stewart Economics editor

Critics say threshold pushes higher-paid staff to cut back on work and often mothers to stop working to avoid losing entitlement

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/10/uk-chancellor-urged-to-remove-100k-childcare-cliff-edge-prompting-parents-to-cut-work-hours

#Children #Childcare #Society #Money #Politics #JohnHealey #Budget #Budget2026 #UKnews #Taxandspending #Benefits #EconomicgrowthGDP #Economicpolicy #Business #Economics #TheGuardian #HeatherStewartEconomicseditor

UK chancellor urged to remove £100k childcare ‘cliff edge’ prompting parents to cut work hours
By Heather Stewart Economics editor

Critics say threshold pushes higher-paid staff to cut back on work and often mothers to stop working to avoid losing entitlement

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/10/uk-chancellor-urged-to-remove-100k-childcare-cliff-edge-prompting-parents-to-cut-work-hours

#Children #Childcare #Society #Money #Politics #JohnHealey #Budget #Budget2026 #UKnews #Taxandspending #Benefits #EconomicgrowthGDP #Economicpolicy #Business #Economics #TheGuardian #HeatherStewartEconomicseditor

UK chancellor urged to remove £100k childcare ‘cliff edge’ prompting parents to cut work hours https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/10/uk-chancellor-urged-to-remove-100k-childcare-cliff-edge-prompting-parents-to-cut-work-hours #Children #Childcare #Society #Money #Politics #JohnHealey #Budget #Budget2026 #UkNews #TaxAndSpending #Benefits #EconomicGrowthGdp #EconomicPolicy #Business #Economics

UK chancellor urged to remove £100k childcare ‘cliff edge’ prompting parents to cut work hours https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/10/uk-chancellor-urged-to-remove-100k-childcare-cliff-edge-prompting-parents-to-cut-work-hours #Children #Childcare #Society #Money #Politics #JohnHealey #Budget #Budget2026 #UkNews #TaxAndSpending #Benefits #EconomicGrowthGdp #EconomicPolicy #Business #Economics

UK chancellor urged to remove £100k childcare ‘cliff edge’ prompting parents to cut work hours https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/10/uk-chancellor-urged-to-remove-100k-childcare-cliff-edge-prompting-parents-to-cut-work-hours #Children #Childcare #Society #Money #Politics #JohnHealey #Budget #Budget2026 #UkNews #TaxAndSpending #Benefits #EconomicGrowthGdp #EconomicPolicy #Business #Economics

UK chancellor urged to remove £100k childcare ‘cliff edge’ prompting parents to cut work hours https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/10/uk-chancellor-urged-to-remove-100k-childcare-cliff-edge-prompting-parents-to-cut-work-hours #Children #Childcare #Society #Money #Politics #JohnHealey #Budget #Budget2026 #UkNews #TaxAndSpending #Benefits #EconomicGrowthGdp #EconomicPolicy #Business #Economics

UK chancellor urged to remove £100k childcare ‘cliff edge’ prompting parents to cut work hours https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/10/uk-chancellor-urged-to-remove-100k-childcare-cliff-edge-prompting-parents-to-cut-work-hours #Children #Childcare #Society #Money #Politics #JohnHealey #Budget #Budget2026 #UkNews #TaxAndSpending #Benefits #EconomicGrowthGdp #EconomicPolicy #Business #Economics

Anger as lead found at 10 Broken Hill childcare centres
By Em Jensen and Bill Ormonde

The NSW Environment Protection Agency faces criticism after finding high lead contamination at 10 of Broken Hill's 13 childcare facilities.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/lead-found-in-broken-hill-childcare-centres/107062500

#Lead #ChildCare #ChildrensHealth #RegionalCommunities #StateandTerritoryGovernment #EmJensen #BillOrmonde

Anger as lead found at 10 Broken Hill childcare centres
By Em Jensen and Bill Ormonde

The NSW Environment Protection Agency faces criticism after finding high lead contamination at 10 of Broken Hill's 13 childcare facilities.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/lead-found-in-broken-hill-childcare-centres/107062500

#Lead #ChildCare #ChildrensHealth #RegionalCommunities #StateandTerritoryGovernment #EmJensen #BillOrmonde

Anger as lead found at 10 Broken Hill childcare centres
By Em Jensen and Bill Ormonde

The NSW Environment Protection Agency faces criticism after finding high lead contamination at 10 of Broken Hill's 13 childcare facilities.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/lead-found-in-broken-hill-childcare-centres/107062500

#Lead #ChildCare #ChildrensHealth #RegionalCommunities #StateandTerritoryGovernment #EmJensen #BillOrmonde

Anger as lead found at 10 Broken Hill childcare centres
By Em Jensen and Bill Ormonde

The NSW Environment Protection Agency faces criticism after finding high lead contamination at 10 of Broken Hill's 13 childcare facilities.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/lead-found-in-broken-hill-childcare-centres/107062500

#Lead #ChildCare #ChildrensHealth #RegionalCommunities #StateandTerritoryGovernment #EmJensen #BillOrmonde

Anger as lead found at 10 Broken Hill childcare centres
By Em Jensen and Bill Ormonde

The NSW Environment Protection Agency faces criticism after finding high lead contamination at 10 of Broken Hill's 13 childcare facilities.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/lead-found-in-broken-hill-childcare-centres/107062500

#Lead #ChildCare #ChildrensHealth #RegionalCommunities #StateandTerritoryGovernment #EmJensen #BillOrmonde

#fucktrump #democracy #nokings #abolishice #anticapitalism #humanrights #antifascist #derechoshumanos #freepalestine #8m #antifascismo #antifascism #boycottisrael #feminismo #stopgenocide #savegaza #noalaguerra #anticolonialism #antiimperialism
#sumudflotilla #antiraciste #educacion #childcare #childrenofgaza #crianzarespetuosa #childhood

One quarter of Australian kids are ‘developmentally vulnerable’ when they start school. Quality childcare can catch them up

"We know the first five years are a crucial time in a child’s life. Early experiences, such as family relationships or exposure to trauma, shape brain architecture, which lays the foundation for children’s learning, behaviour and health."

"Worryingly, a significant proportion of young Australians are not getting the positive early experiences they need. As of 2024, almost 25% of Australian children were identified as “developmentally vulnerable” by the time they start school. This means many children lack the self-regulation, thinking, language, resilience, and social skills needed for learning and getting along with their peers."

"Our research provides evidence that intervening early – well before children start school – has the potential to make a significant difference to children’s life trajectories." >
https://theconversation.com/one-quarter-of-australian-kids-are-developmentally-vulnerable-when-they-start-school-quality-childcare-can-catch-them-up-285350
#inequality #family #children #interaction #Relationships #BrainArchitecture #ScreenWarehousing #MentalHealth #trauma #education #ChildCare #children #MinorityRights

https://substack.com/inbox/post/206634637

'#National’s 2023 mandate ... was a specific, time-bound trust: steady the #economic ship, ease the #cost of living, govern from a broadly centrist place. Three years later, National is ... asking voters to forget the record and judge them instead on a new set of promises. ...

'The forgotten mandate of 2023

'In 2023, New Zealanders didn’t vote for an ideological revolution. They voted for a change of management. National’s pitch was pragmatic and restrained: fix the basics, restore confidence, bring some relief to households battered by #inflation and instability.

'That mandate ... was about #rent, groceries, power bills, #childcare, #wages, and making public services work.

'Instead of anchoring the government in centrist economic stewardship, National traded that space away, ... to satisfy coalition partners with far sharper ideological agendas.

'The pivot to culture wars and identity politics

'Instead of spending its political capital on productivity and shared prosperity, the government spent much of its term fuelling divisive fights ....

'A #Treaty Principles Bill, driven by ACT and enabled by National, tried to freeze a narrow, Crown-centric reading of Te Tiriti into law. It failed, but the process itself strained social cohesion ....

'Moves to prioritise English-only branding and pare back te reo Māori in public-sector naming sent a clear message: bilingualism and #Māori visibility were now optional extras, not foundational commitments.

'In education, “back to basics” rhetoric became a vehicle for rolling back more relational, inclusive approaches to education. ....

'Trans and #gender diverse communities were ... dragged into the spotlight as ministers flirted with imported culture-war talking points, ....

'None of this delivered cheaper rent, lower #grocery bills, or shorter #GP wait times. What it delivered was distraction, division, and a clear signal that marginalised communities were expendable

'.....'

'I was really numb': Parents of child abused by childcare worker speak out
By Emily Baker and Lia Harris

The devastated parents of a child abused by disgraced childcare worker David James are calling for urgent reform to the out-of-school-hours care system to better protect children.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-08/parents-of-david-james-abuse-victim-call-for-oosh-reforms/106889534

#ChildCare #ChildSexualAbuse #StateandTerritoryParliament #EmilyBaker #LiaHarris

Ummi Let’s Play

COMING SOON

(For other amazon worldwide, search product code: )

Author: Umm Assad
Publisher: Umm Assad Publications
Year of Publication: 2026
Binding: Paperback
Page Count: 34
Trim Size (inches): 8.5×8.5
ISBN-10: 978-1-915233-29-5

Click images below to view:

Description:

Nafisa has so much love to give — and she wants to spend every moment with her Ummi, even when Ummi is busy… cooking, cleaning, and working.

But as Nafisa grows, she learns that finding joy sometimes means playing alone — even when Ummi can’t join in.
A gentle, loving story about patience, independence, and the special bond between a mother and her child.


Recommended for ages 3-8 years.

#DemocraticSocialists surge in mayoral races across the US as anti-Trump fervor rises

By MATT BROWN
Updated 12:05 AM EDT, June 19, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — "As #JaneeseLewisGeorge paves a path to the mayor’s office in #WashingtonDC, she’s told voters they could have it all.

"Her unapologetically expansive, left-wing agenda includes subsidized or even free #childcare, increased down payment assistance for homebuyers and community resources to reduce crime, plus a promise to aggressively confront President Donald Trump’s attempts to reshape the nation’s capital.

" 'People are tired of hearing what government can’t do. They want to hear what government can do,' Lewis George said in an interview before the city’s primary, where she defeated her Democratic opponents and positioned herself to win the general election in November in a city dominated by Democrats.

"Lewis George’s victory signals a break with a quarter-century of centrist governance in Washington, and it puts her in the vanguard of democratic socialists who have ascended in urban politics over the last year. #ZohranMamdani toppled Andrew Cuomo, the scion of a political dynasty, on his way to becoming New York City mayor. #KatieWilson won an upset victory to lead Seattle last fall. And this month, #NithyaRaman clinched a spot in the November runoff against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass."

Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/democratic-socialist-mayors-lewis-george-mamdani-5c32504d1506a392b6eb1a64460f7966

#AntiTrump #USPol #TrumpSucks #DSA #DSANews

This new book explains why your elderly parents’ retirement home, the nursery where you drop your children, or the company that pipes water into your kitchen is taken over by an increasingly intricate and deregulated industry.

If a private equity fund is "buying something using a lot a debt, [then] all of that debt is loaded onto the company that the private equity fund has acquired."
"Private equity has moved into care homes, housing, water, nurseries and other essential services."
"We have the power for it to be done otherwise."

Hettie O’Brien: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAJKiVQZaks via @oscarjiminy

#mortality #publicHealth #housing #publicServices #retirement #careHomes #hospital #expansion #development #LBO #privateFinance #finance #privateFinance #privateEquity #capitalism #publicPolicy #assets #England #Wales #Scotland #privateSector #UK #Britain #Blackstone #property #realEstate #buildToRent #Macquarie #childCare #careIndustry #taxBreaks #pensions #extraction

April press release, Congressional Progressive Caucus, 101 members-
*Progressives Announce New Affordability Agenda* to lower costs, establish better wages & benefits, & end corporate greed.
You have to drill down to the actual PDF to get the bills' names:

Abolish Super PACs Act
Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act
#BigOil #WindfallProfits Tax Act
#ChildCare for Every Community Act
Fair Competition for Small Biz Act
Stop A.I. Price Gouging... Act
.
#USA #DemocraticSocialism
https://progressives.house.gov/2026/4/progressive-caucus-announces-new-affordability-agenda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5baPn6SAQA

#US #USA #USPol #USPoli #USPolitics #America #Propaganda #Capitalism #Socialism #SocialDemocracy #LandOfTheFree #Freedom #Liberty #Education #Brainwashed #Colonialism #Healthcare #Childcare #ParentalLeave #ImperialOverstretch #CriticalThinking #Cults #MindControl #Gerrymandering #FPTP #TwoPartySystem #RankedChoice #RankedChoiceVoting #PledgeOfAllegiance #QuestionAuthority #ChristianNationalism #AmericanExceptionalism

Single mum-of-three saves £1,000 a month while working 20 hours a week

Emma Smith, 34, from Glasgow claims to save £1,000 a month – money she puts towards swimming lessons,…
#NewsBeep #News #Personalfinance #Business #Childcare #CouncilTax #Energy #Energybills #Finance #PersonalFinance #Singlemum #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/514307/

Single mum-of-three saves £1,000 a month while working 20 hours a week

Emma Smith, 34, from Glasgow claims to save £1,000 a month – money she puts towards swimming lessons,…
#NewsBeep #News #Personalfinance #Business #CA #Canada #childcare #Counciltax #Energy #EnergyBills #Finance #PersonalFinance #Singlemum
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/583855/

Happy to see the New York City Parent Survey launching. If you live in NYC and have young children, please consider participating.

https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/mayor-mamdani-launches-universal-child-care-parent-survey

#NYC #universalChildCare #childCare

Minnesota’s most prominent #Somali American, Democratic US Rep #IlhanOmar, has urged people not to blame an entire community for the actions of a relative few.

#law #WhiteSupremacy #BlueStates #BlueCities #RevengePolitics #Trump #childcare #Minnesota #HHS

Walz, the 2024 Democratic VP nominee, has said fraud will not be tolerated & his admin “will continue to work with federal partners to ensure fraud is stopped & fraudsters are caught.”

Walz has said an audit due by late Jan should give a better picture of the extent of the fraud. He said his admin is taking aggressive action to prevent additional fraud. He has long defended how his admin responded.

#law #WhiteSupremacy #BlueStates #BlueCities #RevengePolitics #Trump #childcare #Minnesota #HHS

O’Neill, who is also serving as acting director of the #CDC, also said in the post Tuesday that payments across the #US through the #ACF, an agency within the #HHS, will now require “justification & a receipt or photo evidence” before money is sent. They have also launched a “fraud”-reporting hotline & email address, he said.

#law #WhiteSupremacy #BlueStates #BlueCities #RevengePolitics #Trump #childcare #Minnesota #HHS

A federal prosecutor alleged earlier in December that half or more of the roughly $18 billion in federal funds that supported 14 programs in #Minnesota since 2018 “may” have been stolen. Most of the defendants are #Somali Americans, they said.

#law #WhiteSupremacy #BlueStates #BlueCities #RevengePolitics #Trump #childcare #HHS

#Trump admin says it's freezing #childcare funds to #Minnesota after series of “fraud” schemes

Deputy Secy of #RFKJr’s #HHS Jim O’Neill posted on X that the step is in response to “blatant fraud that appears to be rampant in Minnesota & across the country.”

“We have turned off the money spigot & we are finding the fraud,” he said.

#law #BlueStates #BlueCities #RevengePolitics
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-child-care-funds-fraud-b511941de10f02fbb7349eff6738f748?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-12-30-Breaking+News

@AstroMancer5G

Bummed that I can't quote this, as I wanted to contribute.

Agree. 💯

And maybe there's another point here, that religious folk want these benefits to ONLY come from religion so they'll block the work to provide these to everyone. "Social policies don't work!" "Non-profits can do that!"

But do they? Are they actually effective at providing the services? Or do they function as marketing with a small side-benefit?

#positive #OrganizedReligion #religion #failures #secular #organize #space #philosophical #discussion #collective #emotional #healing #childcare #BasicNeeds #intergenerational #community #traditions #existence #working #money #church #hierarchy #priority #atheist #movement

🗞️ New @ConversationUK article by CPC-CG and CRA members Maria Evandrou & Athina Vlachantoni:

#Grandparental #childcare is an important part of the #caring ecosystem for many #families in the UK. Closer attention to #grandparent #care and how it is experienced differently in different #ethnic communities can offer a more nuanced understanding of #healthyageing, #family bonds and #labourmarket participation.

https://theconversation.com/white-british-families-more-likely-to-depend-on-grandparents-for-childcare-our-research-explores-why-253177

#gerontology #ageing #demography #socialscience #grandparents

🌐 For this year's #WorldPopulationDay, we reported on some of our research which provides a detailed picture of how #economic, #social and #policy factors interact to shape #fertility and #family choices.

Read the full story in #ChangingPopulations (section 5): https://sway.cloud.microsoft/urKHaLPBnmc5tC1p?ref=Link

#population #demography #socialscience #childbearing #sociology #genderequality #childcare #housing #economy #families #youngpeople #generations #futuregenerations #jobsecurity #childcarecosts #childfree

#ElizabethWarren on Why #Billionaires Are Doing All They Can to Stop #ZohranMamdani

The Massachusetts Democrat explains why Wall Street is spending big to boost #EricAdams and #AndrewCuomo

August 4, 2025

"Zohran Mamdani pulled off an inspiring 12-point victory to become the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York. How did he do it? He campaigned relentlessly on lowering costs for families, helping him build a grassroots movement so strong that millions of dollars in attack ads couldn’t touch him. On primary election night, Andrew Cuomo conceded.

"The people picked Mamdani, but it turns out there are some billionaires and #WallStreetCEOs who can’t stand the idea of a mayor who wants them to pay their fair share to create a city that everyone can afford. So the billionaires are dumping millions and millions of dollars into the race, backing either of two deeply flawed candidates: Cuomo and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams. Maybe we should be asking ourselves why these Wall Street executives are pouring in millions of dollars to stop Mamdani, the affordability candidate. [Money that could be used to fund #PublicBroadcasting! smh]

"#Cuomo and Adams are tripping over themselves to haul in millions of campaign dollars from billionaire donors. Adams raised $1 million in a single night from donors with ties to big law firms, commercial brokerages, and big real estate developers who could lose their iron-fisted grip on New York in a Mamdani administration. #HedgeFund manager #BillAckman held private auditions for his support, inviting Adams and Cuomo to back-to-back meetings to tap dance for the 'hundreds of millions of dollars' he has said he will spend to keep Mamdani out of office.

"In a democracy, #billionaires should not be able to buy our elections and control our politicians. Elected officials should work for their constituents, not use their government offices to hand out favors to a well-connected few. Adams escaped prosecution on charges of bribery and fraud only after he sold out New York City in a sweetheart deal with the Trump administration. As governor, Cuomo handed control of the state Senate to Republicans in a sham backroom deal. He also vowed to clean up Albany with an anticorruption commission, but when that commission began investigating one of Cuomo’s buddies, Cuomo shut down the entire panel.

"You don’t have to look very hard to see just how out of touch with working people and the mainstream values of the Democratic Party Adams and Cuomo have become. Adams withdrew from the primary early on, and Cuomo felt so entitled to the nomination that he barely bothered to campaign. But they’ve both gotten the memo from their wealthy backers to step it up: Adams is attacking Mamdani nonstop, and Cuomo is trying — and failing — to carbon copy Mamdani’s man-on-the-street videos.

"Mamdani has specific ideas for making New York more #affordable, and he’s willing to stand up to ultra-powerful special interests to turn these plans into reality.

"Take the cost of housing. Mamdani has plans to build 200,000 new affordable units over the next 10 years, he intends to freeze the rent for units controlled by the city, and he is committed to cutting the red tape that drives up costs for home owners. Mamdani also has the courage to write plans — including #RentControl — that crack down on the city’s worst #landlords and push back against billionaire real estate #moguls. It’s no surprise then that this month, the CEO of a New York-based #RealEstate investment trust held a $2,000-a-ticket fundraiser for Adams to stop Mamdani.

"After housing, the biggest squeeze on New York families is the cost of child care. In the wealthiest city on Earth, access to affordable, high-quality child care and early #education should be automatic. Mamdani’s plan for no-cost child care would make #ChildCare a right, not a privilege reserved for the rich.

"Let’s do one more. Mamdani has a bold, detailed plan for protecting consumers and cracking down on the companies that try to cheat them. As mayor he would work to ban hidden fees, crack down on #scammers, and end secret corporate handouts. When working people are getting gouged by giant companies, Mamdani is on their side.

"Mamdani has charged ahead with plans to make New York more affordable, and he’s showing how to pay for it by taxing the ultra-rich and giant corporations. That may not make him popular with the richest New Yorkers, but he’s willing to let Adams and Cuomo suck up to those guys. Mamdani is fighting to make New York work for working people."

Read more:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/elizabeth-warren-billionaires-stop-zohran-mamdani-1235397851/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/gKwYu

#USPol #DemocraticSocialists #Mamdani #NewYorkCity #NYCPol
#TaxTheRich not #TaxBreaksForTheRich
#AffordableHousing #Education

Add #SovereignTribalNations to the list of 25 states resisting #Trump's #BudgetCuts !

#NativeCommunities could lose $24.5B under #Trump administration proposal
If upheld by the courts, the proposed freeze on #FederalGrants would affect nearly every tribe

by Amelia Schafer

Excerpt: " 'Nearly all Tribes would be affected by a federal grant freeze, with many facing the prospect of losing tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars — funding that is critical for supporting some of the most historically underserved communities in the United States,' the report concluded.

" 'When the federal government withholds funding from #Tribes and #NativeAmerican people, it’s not just a policy change. It’s a violation of those commitments — putting essential services at risk and undermining Tribal governing capacity.'

"A federal appeals court will decide if the administration has the legal authority to mass-suspend the grants, with arguments set in coming months in a lawsuit filed by the state of New York against President Donald Trump and his top administrators.

" 'as litigation around OMB’s funding freeze continues, it is essential that federal decisionmakers recognize the unique basis of funding for Tribes and #NativeAmerican people,' the report states. 'Funding to #IndianCountry is rooted in longstanding, legally-binding agreements between the United States and sovereign Tribal nations — not race, climate, or DEI.'

"At the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term, the OMB issued a sweeping order announcing a halt to federal grants nationwide, throwing tribal programs into turmoil.

"Although the grant freeze was temporarily halted, the administration continues to push for its implementation, and tribes continue to report difficulties in accessing the already-approved funds, the report notes.

"The bulk of the at-risk funding is dispersed through programs such as the Department of Health and Human Services [#DHHS], the Bureau of Indian Affairs [#BIA] and the Bureau of Indian Education under the Department of the Interior, the Department of Commerce and the #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency.

"If the funding freeze clears legal hurdles, critical projects across the country will be at risk, the Brookings report said. These projects include a $35 million grant to the #OglalaSioux Tribe for #broadband development, a $3 million grant to urban #NativeHealth board for community health worker training, and a $200,000 grant to the #Chickahominy Indian Tribe for preliminary #engineering and #environmental work towards a #childcare center.

" 'This is the building block of how the U.S. government pays back tribes for the land it took,' Maxim said.

"The report does not include the sweeping cuts approved under Trump’s so-called '#BigBeautifulBill' by Congress, which includes cuts to #Medicaid, #FoodStamps and other social programs that include Native people as well as others, Brookings officials said.

"The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization based in Washington, D.C. Maxim co-authored the report with Glencora Haskins, research associate and applied research manager."

Read more:
https://ictnews.org/news/tribes-could-lose-24-5b-under-trump-administration-proposal/

#TribalSovereignty #CulturalGenocide #RespectTheTreaties #TrumpLies #TrumpBudgetCuts #USPol #TrumpSucks #FirstNations #StolenLand #LandBack #NativeAmericanNews #NativeCommunities

#KamalaHarris is now talking about the sorts of policies she would pursue as president, reiterating pledges she has previously made to assist #families w/ #childcare costs, a #MiddleClass #TaxCut & spur the #construction of #AffordableHousing:

“Under my plan, >100M Americans will get a middle-class tax break that includes $6k for new parents during the 1st yr of their child’s life to help families cover everything from car seats to cribs.”

- #KamalaHarris

#OpportunityEconomy #HarrisWalz2024

started a #wikipedia article on #MontclairNJ educator, clubwoman Pearl Grigsby Richardson (1896-1983): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Grigsby_Richardson #smithcollege #AlphaKappaAlpha #BlackHistoryMonth #childcare