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Family Support Programs

Because women face economic insecurity throughout their lives and are more likely to be supporting families on their own, public benefits programs are especially important to women.

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National Snapshot: Poverty Among Women & Families in 2022

SSI Supports Older and Disabled Women with Very Low Incomes. Improving SSI Would Advance Gender, Racial, and Disability Justice.

NWLC, MomsRising, & FRAC Lead Other Gender Justice Groups in Pushing to Strengthen & Expand SNAP Benefits in Farm Bill

Social Security is Vital to Older Women’s Financial Security

Improving the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Would Help More Working Families with the High Cost of Child Care

Gender Justice Sign-on Letter Urging Congress to Pass a Clean Debt Ceiling

Girls in Crisis: More Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Talking Points: Prioritizing Women and Families over Deficits: It’s Time to Reject Austerity

Lacking Robust Supports, Black, Non-Hispanic Women, Latinas, LGBT Adults, and Disabled Women Endure Persistent Hardship

NWLC Comment on WIC Food Package Revisions

The FMLA Is Turning 30. It’s Grown Older, But Now It’s Time to Get Wiser.

The Persistent Housing and Food Crisis, Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic, Continues to Create Economic Insecurity Among Women and LGBT People of Color

Amid Rising Household Costs, Black, Non-Hispanic Women and Latinas Continue to Face Economic Fallout from the Pandemic

Part-Time Working Caregivers Need Unemployment Insurance Reform

Economic, Food, and Housing Insecurity Remain High for Women and Families Entering the Third Year of the Pandemic

Gender and the Tax Code

Black, non-Hispanic Women and Latinas Use Advance Child Tax Credit to Cover Necessities and Pay Down Debt in the Last Month of Payments

Black, non-Hispanic Women and Latinas Are More Likely to Be in Households That Have Lost Employment Income

Gender and Racial Justice in Housing

Supporting the Economic Security and Health of Older Women of Color

Gender Justice Sign On Comment to HUD on Disparate Impact

NWLC Comment to HUD on Disparate Impact 2021 Proposed Rule

Gender and Racial Justice in SNAP

NWLC Comments to HUD on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Interim Final Rule