Despite 19 Months of Recession, TANF Rolls Show Little Growth
In the first nineteen months of the Recession, TANF rolls only increased by 6.6 percent. More »

NEW DATA REVEAL TANF CASELOAD DECLINES IN TWENTY TWO STATES
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this week updated the TANF caseload data reported on its web site to include the first quarter of calendar year 2009. The caseload figures are the total number of persons, both adults and children, receiving TANF. More »

02/08/2010 American Airlines has a “light-duty” program for employees who are injured on the job. AA, however does not allow pregnant women at JFK to use that benefit. EEOC determined that AA’s policy discriminates on the basis of sex, because it “treats women with pregnancy-related restrictions differently from employees with non-pregnancy-related job restrictions.” More »

12/15/2009 Irasema Garza, president of Legal Momentum, the women’s legal defense and education fund, says, “CIR ASAP represents a vital first step to improving the safety and health of America’s immigrant women and families.” More »

Save the Date! Women of Achievement
Thursday, March 11, 2010
At Legal Momentum's Women of Achievement Awards Dinner, we salute the accomplishments of extraordinary San Francisco Bay area women who have broken through to the top of their profession. 2010 will mark the 5th Annual Women of Achievement Awards Dinner, as well as Legal Momentum's 40th Anniversary Celebration. More »

Nominate Outstanding Leaders for Vision 2020
Monday, January 11, 2010
Vision 2020: An American Conversation about Women and Leadership is seeking 102 women leaders to serve a three-year term as a Vision 2020 National Delegate. The National Delegates will be chosen through a competitive process that began in late 2009. Two delegates from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia will be selected. More »