Check out this speech by Homeless Prenatal Program‘s Founder, Martha Ryan.

2009 Tipping Point Award Honoree: Homeless Prenatal Program, Martha Ryan from Tipping Point Community on Vimeo.
Rachel F. and I had the opportunity to meet Martha …

Last week, a study out of Duke University’s Department of Sociology, funded by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, found that California children’s well being improved by 16% between 1995 and 2006.
Researchers found that …

From one of our out of state partners, check out The Diaper Bank’s (CT) recent television interview.

Do you want to see real health-care reform? Do you support women’s access to a full range of health benefits? Then join Planned Parenthood in their National Day of Action to lobby the Senate for …

Thanksgiving weekend’s New York Times article on food stamp enrollment is a timely one. According to the article, the program is now helping to feed 1 in 8 Americans, 1 in 4 children.
Over 36 million people …

Yesterday the U.S. Census Bureau released their 2008 poverty estimates. Their report estimates 1.7 million children living in poverty, or 18.5% of all CA residents 18 years or younger.
The report also estimates there are 534,254 children …