This is a complete alphabetical listing of GU’s key public policy issue areas. Click on an issue area to access our "A-B-C" of public policy. Take Action, understand the Background, and Connect to other people who care about the issues that are important to you.
A – H
Birth certificates - grandparents and other relatives sometimes have problems getting ID for the children in their care
Education (access issues) – problems with enrollment
Education (early years) – focus on the Head Start program
Foster Care- Foster care reform and supports for grandfamilies
Foster care payments – the Rosales v. Thompson court case
Head Start – a child development and education program
Healthcare (SCHIP) - State Children's Health Insurance Program
Housing – focus on the LEGACY Act
J – N
Kinship Caregiver Support Act (S.661) & (HR 2188) – introduced in the 110th Congress
LEGACY Act – addresses affordable housing for grandparents raising grandchildren
Lifespan Respite Care Act – promotes access to respite for relative caregivers
Medicaid (ID) - grandparents and other relatives sometimes have problems getting ID for the children in their care
Medicaid (Transitional Medical Assistance) – affordable care for low-income families moving into work
National Family Caregiver Support Program – part of the Older Americans Act
O – R
Older Americans Act – strongly intergenerational legislation, reauthorized in 2006
Respite care – Lifespan Respite Care Act
Rosales v. Thompson – court case on access to foster care payments
S – Z
SCHIP - State Children's Health Insurance Program
Social Security – the most successful US anti-poverty program
Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) – provides critical funding for important social services for Americans of all ages
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families – focus on work requirements
Transitional Medical Assistance (Medicaid) - affordable care for low-income families moving into work
White House Conference on Aging - papers from the last WHCoA, which took place in 2005
Work requirements under TANF – claiming Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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