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Plyler v. Doe In 1982, one vote decided whether a child could be locked out of school over a piece of paper. Plyler v. Doe said no — and that door is still open. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST 1. Why the Equal Protection Clause covers every child in a state 2. How a 5-4 vote blocked a permanent, uneducated underclass 3. What schools may never ask for at the registration desk 4. Why tuiti...

Momnibus Innovative Maternity Care Act In America, mothers still die from preventable causes, and the burden isn't shared equally. The Momnibus Innovative Maternity Care Act answers that crisis. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST 1. Why Black and Indigenous mothers face the sharpest maternal risk 2. How telehealth and remote monitoring reach rural, underserved areas 3. New Medicaid and...

NCJFCJ National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Every day, in an American courtroom, a judge decides where a child sleeps tonight. Since 1937, one organization has helped answer that question.  WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST 1. Why the NCJFCJ is the oldest judicial membership organization 2. The four focus areas behind every child and family case 3. How Enhanced Resource Guid...

Momnibus CARE for Moms Act  Giving birth in America is more dangerous than it should be. Black and rural mothers bear the heaviest risk. Congress answered: the CARE for Moms Act. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST 1. Why postpartum Medicaid must stretch from 60 days to 12 months 2. How doulas and midwives expand the maternal health workforce 3. Mobile obstetric units bringing care to rural m...

Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. A cheerleader's angry Snapchat reached the Supreme Court and redrew the line between a school's authority and a student's private voice. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST 1. Why one off-campus Snapchat post produced a landmark 8-1 ruling 2. How Tinker's substantial disruption test applies beyond the campus 3. Three features that give...

FHA Federal Fair Housing Act Where you live shapes your school, your safety, your future. The Federal Fair Housing Act decides who gets to live where — and who gets turned away. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST 1. The seven protected classes and what each one actually covers 2. Illegal acts: refusals, false vacancies, unequal terms, harassment 3. How disparate impact works, and why Inclusi...

Your Rights to Attend School in New Jersey A parent hears "We can't enroll your child." In New Jersey, that answer is almost always wrong. School is a right, not a privilege — and the law spells out exactly what a school can and cannot do. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST 1. Who has the legal right to attend NJ public schools 2. Where children can enroll, including affidavit...

NJ Charter Schools 2026 NJ A-5936_S-4713 and A-5935_S-4716 Thirty years without a serious overhaul. In January 2026, New Jersey rewrote its charter school law, and accountability will never look the same. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST 1. Why NJ's 1995 Charter School Program Act needed a full rewrite 2. How a random lottery replaces selective admissions screening 3. What a student p...

CAPTA Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Every child deserves to grow up safe. When abuse or neglect threatens that promise, one 1974 federal law decides who steps in—and how. Meet CAPTA. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST 1. How CAPTA funds prevention, investigation and treatment nationwide 2. Why national definitions of abuse and neglect matter in every state 3. How mandated reportin...

Building Values Based Families You spent a lifetime building a family around your values. Now a courtroom decides whether those values are allowed to stand. Here's how to make sure they do. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST 1. Why incentive trusts protect wealth and where courts strike them down 2. How Shapira and Feinberg define legal "dead hand control" 3. The three tools t...

NJSBR (S1034) New Jersey Siblings' Bill of Rights She's the person who's known you the longest—not a parent, not a spouse. For thousands of foster kids, losing that person isn't rare. It's routine. New Jersey just made it a right. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST 1. Why siblings are the longest relationship most people have 2. How many foster children are separated...

WPR Work Participation Rate TANF A hidden number quietly controls benefits for millions of American families. It's not the jobless rate you hear on the news, it's the WPR, and missing it can cost states millions. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST 1. What the WPR is and why it differs from the labor force rate 2. How TANF work targets work: 50% and 90% thresholds 3. Why WPR only co...

AFCARS Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System Hundreds of thousands of children are in foster care right now. One federal data system quietly tracks what happens to every one of them: AFCARS. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST 1. What AFCARS is and why Congress mandated it back in 1986 2. Who must report, what they report, and the twice-yearly deadlines 3. Inside the files: 6...

AAP Guidelines American Academy of Pediatrics Behind every checkup, vaccine, and piece of pediatric advice sits one trusted playbook, built on decades of science. Here is how it actually works. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST 1. How 35 pediatricians in 1930 grew into a 67,000-member force 2. The GRADE method behind 500+ AAP policy statements and reports 3. Why obesity is now treated as a...

NJ FamilyCare  More than 1.8 million New Jerseyans depend on NJ FamilyCare for health coverage — and a sweeping federal law rewritten in 2025 is reshaping who qualifies, what courts decide, and how schools get paid. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST 1. How NJ FamilyCare blends Medicaid and CHIP funding streams 2. Who qualifies: income limits for kids, adults, seniors & pregnant 3. Full...

CEP HHFKA Community Eligibility Provision Some kids skip the lunch line just to avoid being seen as poor. Discover the federal policy that erased that stigma and now feeds over 16 million children for free, no questions asked. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST 1. What the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) really is 2. How the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act created CEP 3. Why the 25%...

NJ A5952 NJHCCCP Health Care for Child Care Program Every morning NJ parents hand their kids to child care teachers who shape young minds—yet many of these same workers can't afford to see a doctor. Here's the bill trying to change that. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST 1. Why NJ child care teachers often go without health insurance 2. How thin margins and wages consume most cent...

504 Plan Your child is bright, capable, and still struggling. Federal law already protects them, and the tool has a name: the 504 plan. Here is how to get one. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST 1. Where 504 rights began: a 1973 law and a 26-day sit-in 2. How the 2008 ADA Amendments widened who legally counts 3. The mitigating measures rule: why medication can't disqualify 4. The legal...

Finishing a college degree while raising a child is daily life for millions of Americans. One federal grant program decides whether they stay enrolled. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST 1. Who CCAMPIS serves and why Pell eligibility is the gateway 2. How $75 million in FY2026 funding reaches campus child care 3. Why retention hit 71 percent versus 42 percent for non-users 4. What colleges m...

FCSIA Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act At eighteen, the foster care system simply let go. In 2008, Congress changed that — and rewrote what "family" means for children in care. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST 1. Why foster care support now extends to age twenty-one 2. How 30-day relative notification speeds placement with kin 3. Subsidized guardiansh...

Sixteen years on, the Affordable Care Act still shapes the exam room, the courtroom, and the classroom, but 2026 is quietly rewriting the rules. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BROADCAST 1. Why 2026 is a defining year for the Affordable Care Act 2. The three pillars the ACA was built on and what still holds 3. How Medicaid expansion aids re-entry and lowers recidivism 4. Protections for kids, from...

Every child deserves a strong start, Head Start and Early Head Start are making that possible for millions. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS PODCAST - What Head Start and Early Head Start programs cover - How these programs impact the justice system long-term - Key benefits for children from birth through age five - How school administrators are affected and can partner up - What advocacy groups are...

Federal law guarantees equal education for every child, but most people don't know how. The EEOA changes everything. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS PODCAST - What the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 requires - How the EEOA bans discrimination by race, sex, and national origin - What schools must do to support English Language Learner students - How the Castañeda v. Pickard three-p...

Can police assault by non-citizens trigger automatic detention & deportation? H.R. 594 says yes, here's what that means. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS PODCAST - What H.R. 594 requires of the Dept. of Homeland Security - How mandatory detention removes prosecutorial discretion - Why authority shifted from Dept. of Justice to DHS - How related bills like the RIOT Act expand these rules - W...

DEI shapes justice, education, and your workplace, here's what's really at stake in 2025. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS PODCAST - What DEI means and why it matters for every organization - The three pillars: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion explained - How DEI impacts courts, justice, and public trust - Why DEI in schools benefits children's growth and future - How advocacy groups...