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Reports & Toolkits

Close to Home: State Strategies to Strengthen and Support Family, Friend and Neighbor Care

February 15, 2007

Close to Home:  State Strategies to Strengthen and Support Family, Friend, and Neighbor Care offers an array of policy options that states are using that target child care provided by family, friends, and neighbors.  Given the significant number of low-income families who choose this type of care, these options offer an opportunity to strengthen the early learning experiences for our poorest children. 

Increasing Inequality, Increasing Insecurity for Women and Their Families: An Analysis of the President's FY 2008 Budget

February 09, 2007

This report analyzes the President's FY2008 budget and outlines the prosals that would increase inequality and insecurity for women and families.

Don't Take "No" for an Answer: A Guide to Pharmacy Refusal Laws, Policies and Practices

January 15, 2007

This guide explores laws, regulations and other authorities that govern the dispensation of prescription medications. State law is the primary source of authority and constitutes the bulk of the discussion here. The resources in this guide can be used to inform a variety of advocacy efforts, primarily to improve state policy or prevent harmful policy from being put into place. This guide is an overview, not an exhaustive study of all existing statutes, cases, and policies.

Women and Medicaid: NWLC Toolkit for Advocates

December 15, 2006

Medicaid is a critical source of insurance for low-income women. This toolkit includes background information on the Medicaid program and its importance to women's health; information on the significance of Medicaid to minority communities; an explanation of the 2006 federal Medicaid cuts and their impact on key health services, including information on cost-sharing and documentation requirements; detailed analyses of the importance of Medicaid family planning services and the significance of Medicaid family planning waivers as a means of expanding access; and state-specific information on Medicaid and its importance to women.

Hospital Mergers and the Threat to Women's Reproductive Health Choices Report Series

June 30, 2006

This report series is designed to provide health care advocates and others seeking to preserve access to reproductive health services with an understanding of how to use the nation's laws to challenge proposed hospital mergers that threaten to reduce or eliminate these services.

Making Care Less Taxing: Improving State Child and Dependent Care Tax Provisions

April 30, 2006

This essential report series, issued in full every five years, with annual updates, provides recommendations for state policymakers and advocates on ways to develop the best tax policies for families that must pay for costly child and dependent care to be gainfully employed.

The Nomination of Samuel Alito a Watershed Moment for Women

December 15, 2005

The National Women's Law Center conducted an extensive review of the publicly available record, concluding  that Judge Samuel Alito's confirmation to the Supreme Court could lead to the endangerment of core legal rights for women, with profound and harmful consequences for women across the country and for decades to come.