In this article, Chelsea Maxwell explores how government has bolstered the work of community-based health centers and equipped them to expand their work through their designation as Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). 

Public policies can and do make significant impacts locally and individually. This article explores the ways in which the Adoption Tax Credit supports and protects growing families in America.

The opioid crisis has been declared a public health emergency, affecting people of all socioeconomic levels and races and ethnicities. In the face of such devastation, how should Christian citizens respond?

Zero-tolerance discipline policies often lead to students with mental health problems being suspended, expelled, or even arrested. It’s time for schools should approach deterring bad behavior through a new lens.

Religious organizations and houses of worship are often the first responders when natural disasters hit. However, houses of worship are not eligible themselves to compete for FEMA grants for rebuilding after damage from natural disasters because of their religious identity.

What does religious freedom have to do with the social safety net—those partnerships between government and civil society institutions that serve our vulnerable neighbors?

It can be all too easy to forget that people don’t simply disappear when they are sentenced for a crime - after they go to prison and serve their time, they return back to their communities. When they do so, however, there is a whole new set of challenges to face, particularly in finding housing.
 

In a heated political environment where immigration has become a flashpoint of division, working towards legislation to protect Dreamers is an opportunity for unity.

When it comes to disaster management, governments and citizens each have critical responsibilities in the pursuit of public justice. As Christians citizens, there is much opportunity for us to serve our communities through a holistic, Whole Community Approach in the wake of natural disasters. 

What makes the political arrangements that shape our economic life just? Gideon Strauss responds to this question with a nuanced exploration of the meaning of economic justice.

In this article, Christy Wauzzinski, an educator in Pittsburgh, explores injustice in our education system and calls Christian citizens to bring about policy changes necessary to ensure diverse schools to meet diverse needs.

For many single millennials, it is difficult to see how family supportive policies might provide a direct benefit in the near future; this requires a paradigm shift. 

Washington, D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) have been famously in crisis for decades. Most students in DCPS are not meeting basic benchmarks in math and reading, and families all over the city are looking for alternatives to public schools.

Officials across the country report an increase of non-citizen youth in the juvenile justice system, presenting the juvenile justice system with several challenges that it is currently not equipped to handle. If we are to love and stand in solidarity with our neighbor, we must seek public justice on the behalf of those who urgently need it  — even if they are not American citizens.  

Over the last 35 years, the incarceration rate for women has increased by over 700 percent, with approximately 215,000 women currently incarcerated. This dramatic 700 percent increase should prompt us to ask what the stories of these women are, and how their lives have been shaped by prison. 

On September 30, 2017 the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), an effective and historically bipartisan program, will run out of funding unless Congress reauthorizes the program’s budget. This incomprehensible threat puts the wellbeing of at least 8.9 million children at risk.

The Nurse-Family Partnership fits into a comprehensive picture of public justice – bringing diverse institutions together for the sake of healthier families. 

A leaked draft of an Executive Order revealed that, among other directives, President Trump would call for the expansion of public charge.

If the mission of the church is to proclaim the good news, we must imagine how families in crisis might flourish, offering a vision of what their lives could be instead of simply judging them for where they are