Children and Families

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that Leo Cormier – a senior at Kingsbury High School in Memphis, Tennessee -- was selected as the winner of the 2011 Congressional Art Competition. The artwork, entitled “I Have a Dream,” will be hung in the Cannon Tunnel in the U.S. Capitol for one year. An image of the artwork is attached to this email.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today reintroduced legislation to combat infant mortality. The NEWBORN Act would address the growing problem of infant mortality through a national pilot program to promote pre-natal care, community outreach and youth education.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Shelby County Government in Tennessee with $1,875,999 for Head Start projects.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital $652,332 for HIV/AIDS research to help mothers and children combat the deadly disease. The new federal funds will be distributed by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) today reintroduced legislation to create a positive public awareness campaign to educate children about the benefits of staying in school. Statistics show that children who drop out of school often end up turning to a life of crime.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital $240,059 for cancer cause and prevention research.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) recently introduced legislation he authored to provide the needed funding for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to better coordinate the collection of statistics from the 2003 Standard Certificate of Birth by providing funding to states which cannot afford to implement these certificates. The measure – also known as the Birth Certificate Enhancement Act of 2011 – would also give the federal government the necessary funding to collect the data from the states.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today reintroduced Jane’s Law, a bipartisan measure that was crafted to close a legal loophole that enables people to avoid paying court-ordered property distributions by crossing state lines. The measure was named after Jane Maharam, who has been fighting since 1983 to force her ex-husband to return her assets and obey court orders.