Advancing opportunity for every Iowan through bold public policy, sustained advocacy and solid research. Formerly the Iowa Policy Project & @childfampolicy.
Des Moines and Iowa City, Iowa
Joined February 2009
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Common Good Iowa retweeted
Less than 200 signatures to go! Help us meet and exceed the goal for Iowa's Summer EBT petition!
SUN Bucks — FKA as Summer EBT — would help 245,000 Iowa children avoid hunger during the summer when school meals aren't available. Iowa didn't participate in Summer EBT in '24, but a spokesperson told KCCI-TV the state hasn’t decided about 2025.
iowahungercoalition.org/summ…
Common Good Iowa retweeted
👀 "The Iowa Department of Education and Iowa HHS are currently evaluating the federal 2025 Summer EBT program. A decision has not been made at this time."
kcci.com/article/iowa-hunger…
Common Good Iowa retweeted
65% of the more than 1.6 million uninsured adults in the coverage gap are people of color, reflecting ethnic and racial disparities in health coverage — Congress should prioritize closing the coverage gap. cbpp.org/research/health/clo…
Common Good Iowa retweeted
Understand the point Todd is making, but current legislative salaries do discourage many people from running for office. If you want more lawmakers who are not independently wealthy, retired, or farmers, it's important to make it feasible for working-age people with kids.
No worries. Unlike kids, Iowa lawmakers won't go hungry
(Via The Gazette) thegazette.com/staff-columni…
Common Good Iowa retweeted
I’m feeling more indignant than rational after watching this Republican-controlled Statehouse regime operate, too often with contempt, callousness and cruelty toward its fellow Iowans. thegazette.com/staff-columni…
Common Good Iowa retweeted
An expanded #ChildTaxCredit could have a transformative effect on the lives of 16 million children, lifting them out of poverty and providing access to essential resources. cbpp.org/research/federal-ta…
Common Good Iowa retweeted
Least surprising news ever. For years, #ialegis leaders have been budgeting for tax breaks, disproportionately for the wealthiest Iowans, at the expense of our common needs and aspirations. commongoodiowa.org/blog/2023…
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Statehouse Republicans said they planned to pursue more tax cuts in the upcoming legislative session, after the governor’s office announced Iowa ended the fiscal year with a $1.83 billion surplus. #ialegis iowacapitaldispatch.com/2023… via @IowaCapDispatch
Common Good Iowa retweeted
This is just dumb.
We have a problem that is, calories are cheap and nutrition is expensive. This does nothing to improve nutrition or make it less expensive but will ensure that children will go hungry in Iowa this summer.
Common Good Iowa retweeted
Lower income families will not get additional $40 per month in federal summer food assistance after @IAGovernor ends months of speculation and announces late this afternoon that she will not allow state to participate. Iowa would have had to pay $2+ million administrative costs.
Iowa declines to participate in Summer EBT program. @IAGovernor says covid-era relief is not sustainable and does not promote nutrition at a time when childhood obesity has become an epidemic. #ialegis #IaGov
Common Good Iowa retweeted
TOMORROW at 7 PM: Join us @CommonGoodIowa, @IA_CAN, & more for our Rural Roundtable to discuss rural investments in coming to Iowa communities! #Iowa us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
Common Good Iowa retweeted
Folks! @CommonGoodIowa and @MikeOwenWB found a way to make data for their State Revenue Workshop accessible and relatable!
We have an interactive appropriations game board to learn how the Low Road Playbook diminished Iowans’ quality of life.
#AlwaysLearning
#IAlegis
Common Good Iowa retweeted
Important CR issue that shouldn’t be overlooked: Speaker Johnson’s CR plan doesn’t provide additional #WIC funding so that postpartum participants & young children aren’t turned away from vital food assistance.
Common Good Iowa retweeted
Idaho is one of only four states nationwide (Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Wisconsin) which has not taken up the 12 months postpartum coverage option.
Idaho Banned Abortion. Then It Turned Down Supports for Pregnancies and Births. propublica.org/article/idaho…
Common Good Iowa retweeted
Passing a budget is one of the essential responsibilities of Congress. Allowing a partial government shutdown is terrible way of doing business that causes avoidable uncertainty and hardship. Here's a summary of some of the likely effects in Iowa. commongoodiowa.org/blog/2023…
Common Good Iowa retweeted
A #GreatWatch - @PeggyBaileyDC explains on @KatiePhangShow that allowing the #ChildTaxCredit expansion and other pandemic-era programs to expire led to a rise in child poverty in 2022.
msnbc.com/katie-phang/watch/…
Common Good Iowa retweeted
2/ Thanks to @toddforiowa, @CommonGoodIowa, @interfaithiowa, @RuralOrganizing, @IA_CAN, & @IAfarmersunion for making this site possible! #Iowa
Common Good Iowa retweeted
TOMORROW: Join us in Ottumwa for a Policy & Pizza Town Hall! We’ll be at 529 E Main St. at 6:30 PM with @IA_CAN, @Iowa_Env, @CommonGoodIowa, @interfaithiowa, @OneIowa & more! RSVP here: facebook.com/events/13225601…
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Ottumwa folks: Join us, @IA_CAN, @Iowa_Env, @CommonGoodIowa, @interfaithiowa, @OneIowa & more this Monday at 6:30 PM for a Policy & Pizza town hall focusing on Infrastructure! RSVP here: facebook.com/events/13225601…
Common Good Iowa retweeted
Since 1990, child care costs have increased by 200% — outpacing inflation, and disproportionately affecting single parents, families of color, immigrant families and low-income families. axios.com/2023/06/15/child-c…
