This Summer, Parents Stitched Together Child Care To Give Their Kids a ‘Space for Black Joy’ – The 19th
“Experts like Jocelyn Frye, the president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, an organization that advocates for family policies, know how unaffordable child care can be a stressor for Black families.
“’If you have a high number of moms who are working, then you’re going to need access to care and if you’re asking them to spend almost half their income on childcare, that’s going to not only put pressure on the entire family economically, but it’s going to make it harder for them to afford that care to begin with.’”
350,000 Black Women Were Ousted From The Workforce — For Millennials, Where Are They Going Next? – Forbes
“The broader context, says Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families and co-leader of the 75 Million Campaign, is that today’s job losses are less about performance and more about politics.
“’When you lose a job not because of your work but because of a political agenda, it can feel demoralizing,’ Frye told me. ‘And for Black women, particularly Black mothers – more than 80% of whom are the primary breadwinners – it threatens the stability of entire families.’
“She points to the rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives as both a cause and a consequence.
“’This administration has deployed a different narrative, but the purpose is the same as always: to erode the pathways that allowed Black women even a chance at the middle class,’ Frye told me.”
Her call to action: don’t internalize the systemic failures.
“This is not about individual deficiencies. It’s an ideological agenda. And we must push back—not only to protect jobs, but to protect the progress that got us here in the first place.”
Looming Medicaid Cuts Could Hurt Black Children, Advocates Warn – POLITICO
“’Having these cuts is something that’s going to limit that access for a lot of Black women out there, and that’s something that will have a ripple effect on maternal mortality and morbidity,’ said Rolonda Donelson, a reproductive health equity legal fellow at the National Partnership for Women & Families.”
Supreme Court’s Medina decision limits options for Medicaid enforcement actions – Reuters
“Following Medina, Medicaid providers and enrollees will have few practical options for challenging state decisions about Medicaid funding and benefits. Medina is especially relevant to reproductive health services providers, and individuals seeking reproductive health care. Medicaid is the largest single payer of reproductive and maternal health services in the United States. According to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, it covers nearly 41% of all births nationwide, and the National Partnership for Women & Families states nearly 24 million women receive health insurance through the program. Post Medina, states may pursue policies to limit Medicaid spending on reproductive health care services.”
Trump Prepares to Revoke Lifesaving Abortion Care for Veterans – The Intercept
“‘So that’s 345,000 women veterans that live in states that have banned or are likely to ban abortion,” said Jaclyn Dean, director of congressional relations, reproductive health, at the National Partnership for Women & Families. “For many of the women veterans living in any of those 12 states with total abortion bans, the VA is the only place that they can get abortion care. So you can expect those people to lose abortion care in cases of rape, incest, in the life and health of the pregnant person.’”
DEI’s Collapse and the Cost to Black Women – Feminist Majority Foundation
“The National Partnership for Women & Families warns that without meaningful DEI protections, these disparities are likely to grow, particularly in workplaces that are no longer accountable to inclusive recruitment and advancement policies.”
Childbirth is still too dangerous. This ancient profession can help. – National Geographic
“Though the transition from home to the hospital was made in the name of safety, it dramatically increased maternal mortality rates. That was ‘due to poor practitioner training, excessive interventions, and the failure to implement aseptic techniques,’ says Carol Sakala , who leads maternal health and maternity care programming at the National Partnership for Women &Families, a non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization.”
The Stealth Attack on Women in Trump’s Budget Bill – The New Republic
“Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, said that there needs to be more support for women at all stages of caregiving and all kinds of work statuses to make sure women are economically and socially secure. Childcare, eldercare, and other family support policies that only focus on people in traditional employment, and require immediate attachment to work, leave behind people who are self-employed, seasonally employed, and have nontraditional employment statuses—many of whom are women, she said. There are better alternatives; policies that include women who face intimate partner violence issues. A federal bill, for example, would ensure that people can take paid sick time as a result of intimate partner violence.”
Trump’s sweeping law increases child care tax credits. Here’s how much and who benefits. – USA Today
“’More than 1 in 6 women veterans actually works for the federal government, which is way higher than the rates you see kind of across the population,’ said Katherine Gallagher Robbins, a senior fellow at the National Partnership for Women & Families.”
Pregnancy Is Going to Be Even More Dangerous in America – The New York Times
“Medicaid covers over 40 percent of births in the United States, and an even higher percentage in rural areas. According to an analysis from the National Partnership for Women & Families, a nonprofit advocacy organization, “144 rural hospitals across the country with labor and delivery units are at risk of closure or severe service cutbacks” based on the Medicaid cuts outlined in the bill. That’s in addition to the over 100 rural labor and delivery units that have closed or plan to close since 2020.”
