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VP Harris Announces Landmark Childcare Reforms to Alleviate Financial Strain on Working Families

By Stacy M. Brown, NPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentMarch 12, 2024

In a move towards easing the financial burden on working families, Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled a comprehensive set of measures to lower childcare costs and provide crucial support for early educators. The White House noted in a Fact Sheet that the initiative aligns closely with President Biden’s historic Executive Order on Care. The White House said the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a rule that bolsters the Childcare & Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program, a cornerstone for childcare assistance benefiting over a million families monthly.

Levisy’s New Autobiography Covers Fractured Families and Happy Endings

By Kimberly Shelby, Contributing WriterAugust 3, 2023

In her first book, “Adopted, Returned Unwanted: My Foster Care Journey,” actress-turned author Judith Levisy chronicles her path as a foster child on the 40-year search to find her biological parents. Levisy was orphaned and adopted at birth by a White family, then returned once they realized she was Black. And that was only the beginning. This autobiography aims to raise awareness around the plight of foster children in the United States.

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Innovative Program Taking Big Steps to Help Patients with Diabetes

Mark Ridley-ThomasDecember 20, 2018

Diabetes casts a pall on the lives of more than 4 million Californians – a startling 15 percent of the state’s adult population – and communities of color are disproportionately affected.