Fact Sheet

Early education helps prepare children to succeed in school and in life. Read more »

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High-Quality Prekindergarten Is a Wise Investment

This memorandum serves as a supplement to the 2011 report Making Care Less Taxing and summarizes changes to state and federal child and dependent care tax provisions that took effect or were enacted in 2012.

Click here to read Making Care Less Taxing. Read more »

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2013 Supplement to Making Care Less Taxing: Improving State Child and Dependent Care Tax Provisions

Thanks to the health care law, the days of women being treated like pre-existing conditions are numbered. Read more »

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Women & the ACA Brochure

Get detailed information about each of the federal tax credits including the Earned Income Tax Credit,  the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, and the Child Tax Credit.

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Q&A EITC

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Q&A CDCTC

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Q&A CTC

What are CPCs and How Do They Deceive Women?

Across the country, "crisis pregnancy centers" (CPCs) pretend they want to help women facing an unexpected pregnancy. But that's not the truth. Their real goal is to convince women not to have an abortion. Some honest CPCs explain to women that this is their goal. But many others don't.

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Filing a complaint:

You can complete a Complaint Form online or send a letter to the Consumer Affairs Section of the Attorney General’s Office. You will be asked to include your full name, address, phone number and email. Once you file your complaint, it will be available to anyone who asks for a copy. Read more »

For a PDF version of this factsheet with footnotes please see below. Read more »

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Contraceptive Coverage What's New February 2013

For a PDF version of this factsheet, please see below. Read more »

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Women's Access to Preventive Servies by HHS February 2013

Tens of thousands of workers in New Mexico – disproportionately women and people of color – struggle to make ends meet on minimum wage earnings. Read more »

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Fair Pay for Women in New Mexico Requires Increasing the Minimum Wage and the Tipped Minimum Wage

Tens of thousands of workers in Maryland – mostly women and people of color – struggle to make ends meet on minimum wage earnings.  A bill pending in Maryland’s General Assembly (SB 0683/HB 1204) would gradually raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.00 per hour, increase the minimum cash wage for tipped workers from 50 percent to 70 percent of the regular minimum wage, and index these w Read more »

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Fair Pay for Women and People of Color in Maryland Requires Increasing the Minimum Wage and the Tipped Minimum Wage