Topic
Policy
15 briefs
A Few Years of Elder Care Can Erase Decades of Savings
Long-term care costs are hollowing out generational wealth while 11 million Americans juggle aging parents and young children.
May 9 · Elder Care · Child Care
ICE Agents at the Daycare Door
Immigration enforcement is pulling workers from classrooms while New York fights to keep care labor protections alive.
May 9 · Child Care · Elder Care · Disability
A National Care Guarantee vs. the Cuts Already Underway
Democracy Journal proposes social insurance for long-term care. Families on Medicaid say they are fighting for survival.
May 9 · Elder Care · Disability · Child Care
Congress Cut Medicaid. Guess Who Picks Up the Tab.
The sandwich generation was already stretched. Federal policy just made it worse.
May 9 · Elder Care · General
Medicaid Work Requirements Are Coming. Caregivers Are the Collateral.
New rules demand work to keep Medicaid — but caring for a disabled child or aging parent doesn't count the way you'd think.
May 8 · Elder Care · Disability · General
The VA Cut 30,000 Jobs. Now It Says It's Hiring.
Veterans' caregivers are caught between a staffing purge and a promise that the worst is over. The data says otherwise.
May 8 · Elder Care · Disability
A New Bill Says Prisons Can't Ignore Pregnant Women. That This Needs Saying Is the Story.
Rep. Kamlager-Dove's legislation would ban shackling and require prenatal care in federal custody. Current practice is worse than you think.
May 8 · General
Texas Has a 10-Year Wait for Disability Services. A Hotline Won't Fix That.
A proposed national IDD caregiver hotline meets a Medicaid system where families wait a decade for help that may never arrive.
May 8 · Disability · Elder Care
Connecticut Passed a Caregiver Tax Credit. Congress Is Still Talking.
While federal bills stall in committee, Hartford slipped a caregiver tax credit into its budget — and AARP is cheering.
May 5 · Elder Care · General
Dingell's Home Care Bills Have Industry Backing. They Still Need Money.
PHI endorsed two landmark bills to expand home care access. LeadingAge is asking the hard question: who pays?
May 5 · Elder Care · Disability
Federal Child Care Funding Helps a Million Kids. Millions More Wait.
New CCDBG state fact sheets show how far federal child care dollars stretch — and where they fall short.
May 5 · Child Care
America Needs Millions More Caregivers. It Has No Plan to Find Them.
The elderly population is surging, nurses are burning out, and states are refusing to raise home care wages. The math is brutal.
May 3 · Elder Care · General
The Social Security Fix Caregivers Actually Need Is Finally on the Table
A new bill would credit caregiving years toward Social Security benefits. It could reshape retirement for millions.
May 3 · Elder Care · General
Child Care Costs Are a Mental Health Crisis Now, Not Just an Economic One
New research links child care access directly to parent mental health — reframing the debate beyond affordability.
May 3 · Child Care · Mental Health
Congress Just Introduced More Care Bills in Two Weeks Than Most Sessions See in a Year
A legislative flood is remaking the care economy debate — but volume alone doesn't mean victory.
May 3 · Elder Care · Child Care · General