Date & time TBD Did you know that the Census is used to allocate funds for a variety of different programs ranging from health to education? Did you know that the Census undercounts young kids? These two facts put together means that funders can do a lot to get more money to kids by focusing…
Thursday, February 27 * 12:00-1:00 pm eastern Leveraging the tax code is a powerful public policy strategy to provide families with economic security and wealth-building opportunities – exemplified by the impacts of recent efforts to expand the federal Child Tax Credit and modernize the federal Earned Income Tax Credit. In 2025, tax policy decisions may…
The challenges facing children, youth, and families are experienced by the whole family. When economic insecurity or mental health challenges are experienced by a child or a parent, the effects are felt by everyone in the family. Trauma and inequity are too-often carried from generation to generation. If our aim is to improve the lives…
In a very short time, we’ve seen a distressing backlash against LGBTQ rights – from challenging parents’ right to form families to restricting which pronouns can be used in schools to prohibiting gender-affirming healthcare for young people. Challenging LGBTQ rights is challenging democracy. It’s challenging quality healthcare and quality education. A welcoming and supportive community…
LGBTQ youth have access to varying levels of support and protections under state laws. GLSEN’s maps provide communities with information on the policy landscape, experiences of students, and resources on how to advocate for positive school transformation that benefits all youth, including LGBTQ students, in K-12 learning communities.
GLSEN’s National School Climate Survey provides an overarching examination of the school experiences of LGBTQ youth, including the challenges they face and the resources that support LGBTQ students’ well-being. The survey consistently indicates that specific school-based supports are related to a safer and more inclusive school climate, including supportive educators, LGBTQ-inclusive curricula, inclusive policies, and…
With contributions from Paul Irwin-Dudek and Danielle Vazquez. Let’s start with an overview of what’s happening in schools. Kids and youth spend so much of their time at school and their peer groups are often formed there, not to mention that’s where many kids find role models and adults that help shape their future. What’s…
This series from the Movement Advancement Project includes six reports on the campaign to undermine equality for LGBTQ people in America. Topics covered include erasing LGBTQ people from schools and public life, erecting systemic and structural barriers to make change harder, enshrining inequality for LGBTQ people, banning medical care and legal recognition for transgender people,…
The US Transgender Survey is the largest survey devoted to the lives and experiences of transgender people across the United States. It was created by trans people, for trans people and covers topic areas including health, family, jobs, housing, education, safety, and public life. It is an excellent resource for data. For example, nearly half…
This report from the Williams Institute School of Law at UCLA examines the relationship between LGBTI acceptance and principles of liberal democracy worldwide. They find a strong association between a country’s level of democracy and LGBTI acceptance, with attacks on LGBTI people and their rights seen as frequent precursors to democratic backsliding. If you are…