MOMS & BABIES | The Problem: The homelessness crisis is worsening and imperils pregnant people and their infants.
HFA Coalition Sign-On Letter
LETTER | We urge Congress to support the Healthy Families Act, which would create a national paid sick and safe days standard.
Testimony of Sinsi Hernández-Cancio at House Hearing on Telehealth 2021
"I am honored to be here today to share our thoughts and concerns about ensuring that the broader implementation of telehealth works to reduce long-standing health inequities, and does not unintentionally exacerbate them."
Choosing Health Equity: Understanding Decision Points in Policy and Practice
RESOURCE | Systemic racism is a fundamental, multilevel driver of pervasive health inequities in the United States. This tool is designed to support people in recognizing these decision points and in choosing health equity – whatever and whenever their role may be in...
Choosing Health Equity: Resource Directory
A guide to assessing whether research and policy advances health equity
Called to Care: A Racially Just Recovery Demands Paid Family and Medical Leave
ISSUE BRIEF | This updated brief shows how the lack of national paid leave has exacerbated harms to the health and economic lives of people of color, particularly women, before and during the pandemic.
Called to Care: Quotes from Congress
Quotes from Members of Congress
Called to Care: A Summary
The National Partnership recently released a brief, which finds that the lack of national paid leave has exacerbated harms to the health and economic lives of people of color, particularly women, before and during the pandemic.
Delivering on the Promise of Telehealth
REPORT | Telehealth is central to the future of health care delivery in the United States. It has the potential to significantly improve access to care, address disparities in health outcomes, and help make health care more equitable.
Coalition PWFA House Ed and Labor 3.24.21
Adressing the Maternal Health Crisis
Oral Testimony of Carol Sakala, PhD, MSPH, Director for Maternal Health at the National Partnership for Women & Families before the U.S. House of Representatives House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related...
NPWF Statement for the Record: PWFA + PFA 3.18.21
Improving Our Maternity Care Now: Four Care Models Federal Policymakers Must Implement for Healthier Moms and Babies
ISSUE BRIEF | Federal policymakers can play an essential role in advancing these successful, high-value models of maternity care.
Improving Our Maternity Care Now: Recommendations for Congress
RECOMMENDATIONS | Congress can play a pivotal role in addressing the maternal health crisis and supporting evidence-based models that improve the health of mothers and infants — particularly in communities that are suffering from deep structural inequities.
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
FACT SHEET | Details on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and why it is critical for pregnant workers and their families that Congress take action.
NPWF Statement for the Record: Minimum Wage 3.3.21
Letter to Congress in strong support for H.R. 603, the Raise the Wage Act of 2021.
An open letter in support of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act from leading private-sector employers
LETTER | Women’s labor force participation is critical to the strength of companies, the growth of our economy and the financial security of most modern families. Leading companies urge the passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
Paid Sick Days and Paid Leave State Legislative Tracking
A resource compiled by the National Partnership for Women & Families on state paid leave and paid sick days legislative action.
Voters Show Bipartisan Support for Permanent Paid Sick Days and Paid Family and Medical Leave
POLLING | Emergency paid sick days and paid family leave protections provided under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act will expire in December 2020, despite the majority of voters facing expanded or continuing caregiving needs during the pandemic.
Improving Our Maternity Care Now: Four Care Models State Policymakers Must Implement for Healthier Moms and Babies
RECOMMENDATIONS | Research shows that specific care models in use today lead to demonstrably higher quality care and improved outcomes. We just have to take action to make them readily and widely available.
