NEWS + RESOURCES
NEWS + RESOURCES
“If conservatives are to rebuild a culture of healthy families in America, it will in all likelihood be through gradual strides such as [paid family leave].”
- Terry Schilling, American Principles Project
Bill Would Create Paid Parental Leave Option
Rubio and Romney's New Parents Act aims to support working families "without raising taxes or expanding federal bureaucracy." | FINANCIAL REGULATION NEWS
Mitt Romney, Marco Rubio Take Another Shot At Paid Parental Leave
Republicans remain active in efforts to craft pro-family, pro-work, budget-neutral solutions for paid family leave. | DESERET NEWS
Morning Consult Poll: The Value of Paid Family Leave
New BPC poll reveals more than one-third of unemployed workers would return to work sooner if offered paid family leave. | BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER
Letters To The Editor: Paid Family Leave
Another working mom calls for paid family leave. | IDAHO PRESS
National Paid Leave Could Change The American Caregiving Experience
Economic changes and the ongoing pandemic raise questions about work-family balance. | THE HILL
Workers And Families Are Fighting For Paid Time To Care
Family caregiving experiences shed light on need and options for paid leave. | WILLSTON HERALD
Commentary: My Small Public Media Station Went All-In On Family Leave. Yours Can, Too.
Working mother in Alaska draws on personal experience to craft paid leave policy for her employer | READ ON POYNTER
Opinion: American Families Need Access to Paid Family Leave
Paid family leave - a policy that echos Benjamin Franklin's admonition to "do well by doing good.” | NC POLITICAL NEWS
Mayfield Schools Pass Quarantine Leave For Employees
Paid leave reaches the local level, as Kentucky school board responds to Delta variant. | WSILTV.COM
Births Are Back: Did Government Stimulus Fuel a Baby Boomlet?
Baby boom associated with pro-family policies during the pandemic suggests longer-term positive impact of such policies upon fertility rates. | INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY STUDIES
Opinion: Our Policies Are Failing Working Mothers
A mother's personal story underscoring the need for paid family leave. | AMERICAN COMPASS
Paid Family Leave Can Help Combat the Coming Covid Baby Bust
Paid family leave could help bring desired rates of childbearing to fruition. | AMERICAN COMPASS
Rep. Colin Allred on Being First to Take Paternity Leave in Congress: 'There's No Substitute for Time Spent'
Former NFL player turned public official sets precedent for paternity leave. | PEOPLE
Local advocates hold picnic to push for more paid family leave
Calls for paid leave are increasingly sounding at the state and local levels. | WTRF
Communities of faith calling for paid family leave
We need a national paid family and medical leave program. Here's what Congress can do. | NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
Opinion: Paid family leave is an economic issue, not a partisan one
State-level Republican support for paid leave grows as Republican federal legislators present more policy options. | HERALD DISPATCH
Business coalition urges Congress to pass paid family leave
Businesses call on Congress to pass paid family leave in a bipartisan fashion. | THE HILL
Opinion: Parental leave for adopting parents is important for families, businesses
Paid family leave promotes children's welfare and parental bonding, including bonds between adopting parents and their adoptive children. | TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT
Military families share why paid leave matters
Extending paid leave would help members of the military balance starting or growing their families with their responsibilities to protect the nation, service members say. Lily Sasser’s baby arrived three months early, but her husband had to return to work at Fort Bragg a week later. | CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS
Opinion: GOP should support bipartisan approach to paid leave
Republicans in Congress should support bipartisan proposals to make paid leave for families a reality, such as the one offered by Senators Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), writes Jon Schweppe. Their plan “would cost the taxpayer virtually nothing while being extremely beneficial to families, providing them with access to cash at a time when they need it the most,” he argues. | TOWNHALL