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NCSL provides objective and timely information to legislators and legislative staff on a wide range of child- and family-related policies and practices. Through educational convenings, publications, on-demand research, technical assistance and legislative tracking, NCSL is here to help you understand the policy issues affecting your constituents and options to address them. NCSL's work is organized around five policy domains: child support and family law, child welfare, early care and education, economic mobility and housing and homelessness.

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How Proposed Changes to Federal Safety Net Programs Could Affect the States

As part of the current congressional budget reconciliation process, there have been proposals to cut federal funding to states for social service programs including Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG). Together, these proposed changes could place significant new budget pressure on states to make up the difference in funding.

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Child Welfare Legislation Archived Database

The database on this page allows you to search 2012-2022 enacted child welfare legislation in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories by state, topic, keyword, status and/or primary author.
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Early Childhood Legislation Database

The Early Childhood database tracks and updates early childhood, care and learning legislation from 2019 through 2022 legislative sessions for 50 states and the territories.
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Early Childhood Fellows Program

The Early Learning Fellows Program is a year long opportunity to legislators and legislative staff particularly interested in the topic of early care and education.
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