2/ ICE’s own reports show a disturbing trend —>

About 2 in 3 in-custody deaths have occurred in the first 9 months of President Trump’s second term as in his entire first term. We demand dignity, transparency, and safety for all people in federal custody.

[4] “As advocates for kids, we will do everything in our power to put a stop to this proposal and ensure that providers and families have access to accurate information.” @wendydcervantes.bsky.social of @clasp.org [2/2]

Congress cannot give up– they must find a solution to ensure everyone has access to affordable health care. www.clasp.org/press-room/p...

And finally, Congress failed to extend the enhanced premium tax credits for the Affordable Care Act which will result in millions of individuals across the country having their health care costs more than double starting in January.

The Trump Administration must rehire the federal workers they illegally tried to fire in the cover of the government shutdown and provide all federal workers backpay as is already required by the law.

Any further delay by the government will prolong the stress and instability that staff and families have been experiencing.

On top of the many challenges that come with reopening a completely closed program, they will have to rehire staff that had to find other jobs to make ends meet and ensure they still have access to their classrooms.

While this funding goes out, programs that had to close their doors due to this lapse in funding may face challenges in reopening.

Programs should stay alert as processing these payments will likely take longer than expected due to the reduced government staff and additional burdensome review processes established under this administration.

The government must quickly process all grant renewals and payments to the 140 Head Start programs across the country that had October 1st and November 1st renewal dates to allow programs that closed to reopen without delay.

Now it is time for the Trump Administration to make it right and ensure SNAP, WIC, and Head Start are funded expeditiously and that states that stepped up to support families when the federal government failed are reimbursed.

The Trump Administration went out of their way, time and time again, to prevent SNAP benefits from reaching the 42 million people who rely on it, all while renovating the White House.

As result of deliberate decisions from the Trump Admin, millions of individuals could not access their full SNAP benefits this month and thousands of children had their Head Start programs shuttered.