Case Western Reserve University Undergraduates Spend Spring Break in D.C. Learning About Child Policy

Another spring break has come and gone and another group of advanced child policy undergraduate students has returned to Case Western Reserve University with a deeper knowledge of the federal policy process. Childhood Studies students met with government and nongoverment agencies, think tanks, legislators and staff, and advocacy organizations to discuss current child policy as part of CHST 302. The students used these meetings to gather information on their specific research topics: CHIP (child health insurance program) reauthorization and how repeal of the Affordable Care Act could impact children, K-12 school discipline, preschool expulsion, and child trafficking.

Outside of the various meetings the students had the opportunity to tour the East Wing and speak with a member of the White House Administration; and attend a couple of House committee meetings on early education and child trafficking. One highlight included watching the compelling testimony of actress Jennifer Garner sharing her own personal experience of poverty and her witnessing the powerful impact that home visiting programs can have in promoting healthy bonds between young children and parents.

See photos of the trip in the gallery below!

The Washington Monument
Two female Case Western Reserve students posed at the national mall
Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial
Three Case Western Reserve students seated together conversing and taking notes
Six people seated at a table for a seminar
People gathered at table for a seminar
Four people seated at a table for a presentation
Seven people gathered in a room for a presentation
Eight people seated at a table in a library
Six people seated at a table conversing and taking notes
Case Western Reserve student
People gathered for an event
Three Case Western Reserve students seated at a table taking notes
Five females seated at a table conversing and taking notes
People gathered for an event
People gathered for an event
An official speaking to an audience
Four female Case Western Reserve students posed in a hallway
Four female Case Western Reserve students
Six females posed inside the white house south lawn
the white house south lawn
Five people gathered at a table for a meeting
Six people seated at a table for a meeting
Five females seated at a table in a meeting
Two females seated at a table conversing
Six people gathered in a meeting
People gathered for a meeting
People gathered for an event
Case Western Reserve students posed with an official
Case Western Reserve students posed inside the White House
Five females gathered at a table for a meeting
White House officials gathered for a seminar
Case Western Reserve students meeting with a White House employee