Survey of 2020 Presidential campaign websites: on Families & Children
Mike Bloomberg:
Expand Head Start; and at-home care for at-risk infants
As president, Mike will triple the number of children served by Early Head Start, which provides child care to low-income infants and toddlers, and expand Head Start to reach more three to-five-year olds. As president, Mike will work to streamline
our country's patchwork approach to early learning. He will guarantee access to full-day preschool for all three- and four-year-olds, so that every child is ready to succeed in Kindergarten.
In an effort to improve the health of at-risk infants and children, Mike's plan will increase the numbers of low-income families who receive free, voluntary nurse home visits by boosting funding for the Health Resources and
Services Administration's Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. This program has been shown to lower maternal mortality rates and increase the self-sufficiency of families down the road.
Source: 2020 Presidential campaign website MikeBloomberg.com
Jan 20, 2020
Mike Bloomberg:
Guarantee 12 weeks of paid family leave
Mike will secure 12 weeks of paid family leave for all workers by supporting the FAMILY Act. Mike's plan makes access to paid family leave equitable,
gender neutral and available to workers of all incomes. Mike's plan enforces anti-retaliation protections for workers who take paid family leave.
Source: 2020 Presidential campaign website MikeBloomberg.com
Jan 20, 2020
Joe Sestak:
Increase nutrition assistance for needy families
I believe deeply that there is no place for poverty in the richest country in the world. All Americans should have access to food, shelter, clean water, safe neighborhoods, quality medical care, and education. As President, I will do everything in
my power to help people to move from poverty to prosperity.Priorities:- Increase nutrition assistance for needy families.
- Improve federal housing policy to fight homelessness.
- Hold municipalities accountable for providing clean drinking
water to all residents.
- Fight racism and discrimination in all its forms, as these all too often conspire to keep people poor.
- Fix our healthcare system by restoring the Affordable Care Act and advancing it with a public option.
Let its success lay the groundwork for a transition to a national healthcare system.
- Create more high-quality jobs through a national infrastructure plan and increased support for small businesses..
Source: 2020 presidential campaign website JoeSestak.com
Jun 23, 2019
Joe Sestak:
Authored successful increase in funding for autism
In Congress, Joe pursued healthcare issues ranging from pediatric cancer to mental health parity, as well as autism as he authored the first successful increase in funding for autism in 12 years.
He advanced seniors' quality of life - including authoring and passing the first Elder Abuse Victims legislation in 17 years--and veterans' educational and healthcare expansion.
Source: 2020 presidential campaign website JoeSestak.com
Jun 23, 2019
Bill de Blasio:
Expand mental health services at youth and runaway shelters
- Educating New Yorkers about Mental Health and Addiction: ThriveNYC starts by working to destigmatize mental illness, training 250,000 New Yorkers in mental health "first aid."
- Mental Health in Our Schools: NYC will place 400 Mental Health
Service Corps members in neighborhoods with the highest need across New York, and it has created the Center for Health Equity, which specifically helps communities of color address health disparities. Every school in New York City now has a form of
mental health support.
- Helping New Mothers: All NYC Health and Hospital locations now provide maternal depression screenings for pregnant women and new moms.
- Help for Youth: ThriveNYC is expanding mental health services at youth and runaway
shelters, helping young people in crisis get back on the right track.
- Weekend of Faith for Mental Health: including visits to 2,000 congregations to help New Yorkers understand addiction as a disease that can be treated.
Source: 2020 Presidential Campaign website BillDeBlasio.com
May 2, 2019
Bill de Blasio:
$7 million program to hold domestic abusers accountable
Domestic Violence Task Force: Under the Mayor's leadership, the City has invested nearly
$7 million to help ensure domestic abusers are held accountable and to enhance pathways to safety for survivors.
Source: 2020 Presidential Campaign website BillDeBlasio.com
May 2, 2019
Marianne Williamson:
Maternity/paternity leave; free prenatal care and childcare
As long as there is a dearth of women in positions of political power, this chronic tilting of American priorities toward short-term economic interests as opposed to humanitarian values is understandable. As long as women are basically invisible,
children are invisible as well. A Williamson Administration would be not only a victory for women, but it would also be a victory for our children, and for our future as a nation. As president, I would advocate for the following:- Proper prenatal
care, regardless of ability to pay.
- Proper healthcare for pregnant women.
- Maternal and Paternal leave.
- Affordable childcare and Universal pre-K.
- Nutritional excellence in food that is served and sold at public schools.
- Mindfulness
training in the schools.
- Full wrap around and anti-trauma services.
- Conflict resolution, restorative justice, peace-creation training.
- And best practices of all kinds in schools and in communities that properly tend to children.
Source: 2020 presidential campaign website Marianne2020.com
Apr 8, 2019
Andrew Yang:
Who you love and how you love are up to you
Sexual orientation and gender identity should be protected classes under the law, receiving all the federal protections afforded under the Constitution and law. Who you love and how you love are up to you. The law should recognize and protect
lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans individuals. I've always been pro-gay marriage; why should straight people have all of the fun? People are people and all love is beautiful. Problems to be solved: - Too many Americans who identify as
LGBTQ are discriminated against based on who they are.
As President, I will...- Promote any legislation extending protected status to individuals based on sexual orientation and gender identity
- Increase funding for programs
directed at educating the public on LGBT+ issues
- Increase funding for programs meant to help LGBTQ individuals who are facing discrimination because of their identity
- Appoint LGBT individuals to senior posts in my administration
Source: 2020 presidential campaign website Yang2020.com
Mar 29, 2019
Andrew Yang:
Include family counseling in federal healthcare plans
Marriage rates have plummeted across the board in America. And if you do get married, it's tough to stay together through all of the stresses that accompany marriage and particularly child-rearing.
Any couple that stays together is a win for the next generation. We should support families who want to stay together in any way we can.
As President, I will...- Include family counseling in any healthcare plan offered through the federal government
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Mandate the inclusion of family counseling services in any plan sold through the ACA marketplaces
- Subsidize marriage counseling provided by any credentialed provider through the tax code
Source: 2020 Presidential campaign website Yang2020.com
Mar 29, 2019
Andrew Yang:
All other advanced countries have paid family leave policy
It's embarrassing and unconscionable that in the most advanced country in the world we don't account for something as basic as needing to spend time with your child when he or she is born. This drives mothers out of the workforce prematurely and impedes
healthy development of infants, which is something we all pay for. We need to catch up to the civilized world and mandate paid family leave.Problems to be solved: - America's lack of a paid family leave policy results in negative
impacts on health, women's employment rate, and family cohesion
- A lack of a paid family leave policy forces many single parents--especially mothers--into poverty
As President, I will...- Propose and fight for a paid
family leave policy, requiring employers to offer at least 9 months of paid family leave, distributed between parents however they see fit;
- or 6 months of paid leave for a single parent
Source: 2020 Presidential campaign website Yang2020.com
Mar 29, 2019
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