Resources

REPORT | Many communities across the country cannot trust the safety of their water and cannot afford to pay more for cleaner water. Frequently, Black, Latinx, Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, lower-income communities, rural communities, and communities living at the intersections of these identities struggle daily to access safe, affordable water, and their health is disproportionately harmed as a result.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS | Emergency Paid Sick Days and Paid Leave for Child Care and Coronavirus (Simplified Chinese)

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS | Emergency Paid Sick Days and Paid Leave for Child Care and Coronavirus (Traditional Chinese)

EMPLOYER GUIDE | This guide recommends specific policies and practices that corporate leaders can implement quickly to support the safety and stability of their workforce.

FACT SHEET | The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the universal need for - and far from universal access to - paid sick days and paid family and medical leave in the United States.

FACT SHEET | The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the universal need for - and far from universal access to - paid sick days and paid family and medical leave in the United States.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS | Conoce tus derechos: Permisos pagados por enfermedad y permisos para cuidado infantil durante el coronavirus (Spanish)

With the coronavirus pandemic affecting nearly everyone in the country, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) provides many workers new rights to paid sick time and paid family leave.

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act, enacted and amended by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, provides new rights to workers for short-term paid time away from work for coronavirus-related health and caregiving reasons, and provides long-term emergency paid family leave for working people who need to take care of a child whose school or daycare is closed.

FACT SHEET | More than half of Latino workers—an estimated 15 million people—are unable to earn a single paid sick day.

An overview of maternity care system

A Series of Roundtables on the Health Data Revolution

FACT SHEET | Businesses benefit when their employees have access to paid sick days. When sick workers are able to stay home, the spread of disease slows and workplaces are both healthier and more productive. Plus, workers recover faster from illness and obtain timely medical care -- enabling them to get back to work sooner and holding down health care costs.

Letter opposing H.R. 5741

FACT SHEET | An assessment of the historic Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) that includes an explanation of the law and reasons and opportunities for amending it.

H.R. 5656 sets up a dangerous false choice between time and money, when working families urgently need both.

CHART | A chart detailing the current federal paid leave proposals.

Women should be at the forefront of every conversation about the future of our health care system. Access to quality care is essential not only to women’s physical and mental well-being, but also their economic security and ability to participate fully in society.

Letter to Congress urging action to end surprise billing and improve maternal health.

The rising maternal mortality rate and the passage of laws that undermine access to abortion care are significant reproductive health crises.