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Immigrants are vital to Iowa's future

Posted on October 24, 2024 at 1:06 PM by Mike Owen

Immigrants are essential to Iowa's future, as new research shows. Immigrants make up 1 in 4 Iowa physicians, 1 in...

Categories: Family support & well-being, Jobs & labor

Ingredients of Iowa's recipe for budget disaster

Posted on January 26, 2024 at 9:40 PM by Mike Owen

(This blog is drawn from messages in a presentation by CGI Deputy Director Mike Owen for an Interfaith Alliance of...

Categories: Budget & taxes, Clean air & water, Family support & well-being, Health, Higher education, PK-12 schools, Public Safety

Summer EBT - Nutritional, and smart fiscal move

Posted on January 17, 2024 at 7:13 PM by Anne Discher

Making sure low-income families can feed their kids is important whether school is in session or out. The evidence of...

Categories: Family support & well-being, Food security, Health

Tagged As: Poverty, SNAP

Meet needs -- not whims of rich and powerful

Posted on November 7, 2023 at 3:00 PM by Anne Discher

This is a pivotal time. We’re less than two weeks away from a potential government shutdown. We averted the last...

Categories: Budget & taxes, Family support & well-being

Tagged As: ARPA, Child Care, Congress, shutdown, WIC

Abortion ban fails pro-child, pro-family agenda

Posted on July 18, 2023 at 11:58 AM by Sean Finn

By Sean Finn and Samantha Tamborski, Common Good Iowa Overwhelmingly, Iowans desire the freedom to determine if and when they...

Categories: Family support & well-being, Health

Tagged As: abortion law, children and families, Governor Kim Reynolds, health care, Iowa Legislature

Kids Count: Iowa 6th in child well-being, but child care a challenge

Posted on June 14, 2023 at 12:01 AM by Anne Discher

PDF of Iowa data profile PDF of news release Iowa retains high rank on child well-being, but inaccessible, unaffordable child...

Categories: Child care, Data, Early childhood, Family support & well-being, Safety net & work supports

Tagged As: child care, Kids Count

Opportunity through public policy: Different approaches in Washington and Des Moines

Posted on April 30, 2021 at 11:12 AM by Mike Owen

President Biden’s challenge to Congress to rejuvenate the nation came as a welcome contrast to what Iowans are seeing from...

Categories: Budget & taxes, Child care, Clean energy & climate, Covid-19, Family support & well-being

American Rescue Plan tax credit will boost families

Posted on April 16, 2021 at 2:12 PM by Peter Fisher

By now, many of us have seen the first of many benefits of the latest COVID-19 relief bill — funds...

Categories: Family support & well-being

Report: Iowa families with children are stressed, struggling to meet basic needs during pandemic

Posted on December 14, 2020 at 9:40 AM by Anne Discher

A troubling share of Iowa families with children are struggling to put food on the table, pay rent and stay...

Categories: Covid-19, Data, Family support & well-being, Food security, Health, Safety net & work supports

Tagged As: Data, Housing, Mental health

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