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Improving Support for Foster Families
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Introduction Imagine a six-year-old child entering the foster care system after being removed from the home due to neglect and abuse. This child is hoping for stability and love but instead is moved from one foster placement to another, experiencing a staggering eight different homes in just five years. Each…
View EntryState Actions to Preserve Federal Benefits for Foster Children
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Introduction Foster children are among the most vulnerable groups in our society, with approximately 200,000 youth entering foster care each year. It is estimated that 10 percent to 20 percent of those youth could be eligible for federal benefits ranging from Social Security to veterans’ benefits. State agencies often appropriate…
View EntryProtecting the Rights of Foster Children through State Legislation & Enforcement
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Introduction The United States foster care system needs substantial reform, and its dysfunction is putting the rights of foster children at risk. With 391,000 children in foster care and 33 percent of foster children experiencing instability with at least three placements per year, improving their lives and ensuring their voices…
View EntryThe Lou Holtz Show with Frank D. Murphy | S2E4
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Join the legendary Coach Lou Holtz as he sits down with former NFL player Frank D. Murphy for an inspiring conversation about faith, perseverance, and turning life’s toughest setbacks into success. Frank’s powerful story—from a troubled youth and incarceration to a career in professional football and a mission to mentor…
View EntryAFPI Puts Wisconsin Election Commission, Local Officials On Notice About Polling-Place Gerrymandering; Demands End To Partisan Practice
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February 27, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the America First Policy Institute’s (AFPI) Center for Litigation sent letters to the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) and local officials in Madison, La Crosse, and Oshkosh, Wisconsin, calling for an end to early-voting poll-location gerrymandering. “This practice violates a Wisconsin law prohibiting elections…
View EntryBudget Resolution is Critical First Step to America First Priorities
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chad Wolf, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of the America First Policy Institute, issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the FY25 budget resolution. “Families across America spoke loudly only a few months ago, overwhelmingly rejecting radical policy ideas of the last…
View EntryOpportunity Zones are Revitalizing Forgotten Communities
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In 2017, President Donald J. Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law, which designated 8,764 economically distressed communities across the country as Opportunity Zones (OZs).In OZs, investors can establish Qualified Opportunity Funds to invest in local projects and businesses.Americans with realized capital gains who reinvest those gains…
View EntryOpportunity Zones 2.0: The Next Chapter of Rebuilding America’s Forgotten Communities
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Introduction The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made many significant prosperity-enhancing reforms to the tax code, but arguably, no provision is proving more game-changing and consequential for America’s struggling and forgotten communities than the pioneering Opportunity Zones (OZ) policy. Instead of adopting the worn-out and failure-prone government-centric approach to…
View EntryRebuilding America’s Left Behind Communities with Opportunity Zones
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The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created Opportunity Zones (OZs), which designated nearly 8,800 distressed communities (i.e., census tracts) across America as eligible for a suite of tax incentives to encourage private investment, job growth, and greater housing affordability. OZ Policy Overview The pillars of the current first-generation OZ…
View EntryExpanding Rural Opportunity Zone Investment
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Background The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (Pub. L. No. 115-97) created a new tool for community development called Opportunity Zones (OZs). These zones aim to reinvigorate struggling communities through tax incentives to encourage greater private investment. The law provides a range of tax benefits to investors who…
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