With the burgeoning nationwide spread of COVID-19, the Department of Health and Human Services must use all the tools at its disposal to combat the growing crisis. Consumers without insurance face cost barriers that delay their receipt of necessary care...
Young Invincibles sent a letter to Speaker of the House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Majority Leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell, and Minority Leader, Sen. Chuck Schumer detailing our policy recommendations for any subsequent legislative stimulus package to...
Under the Trump Administration, Secretary DeVos’ Department of Education has consistently pursued policies to embolden fraudulent, predatory colleges and universities who defraud students. For instance, the Department of Education has refused to take action on a massive backlog of more...
On Thursday, October 24, Young Invincibles was invited to testify before the New York State Senate’s Committee on Higher Education for a hearing on affordability at New York’s public colleges and university. Melanie Kruvelis, Young Invincibles Senior Manager for Policy...
Congress has missed its deadline by 6 years and counting to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, which establishes the federal government’s role in making college more affordable, institutions accountable, and the civil rights protections of students upheld. The College...
Medicaid coverage has been proven to improve the lives of young adults by increasing access to health care, reducing financial burden, and supporting economic opportunity and employment. However, states like Kentucky and Mississippi have introduced proposals to introduce work requirements...
Historically, American young adults have voted at the lowest rates of any age group during national elections. College students in particular face unique barriers in both registering to vote and voting. Having long served as incubators of civic engagement, institutions...
Young Invincibles’ Midwest office is generating support to expand Illinois’ MAP grants for higher education. Twenty organizations joined the letter to the Illinois state legislature. Read an excerpt: “Illinois can increase access to higher education and careers for young adults of...
Daniel Niersbach is the student body President at Indiana University. He wrote a letter to Indiana Senators Joe Donnelly and Todd Young asking them to support the College Transparency Act. In the letter, Daniel writes: “Postsecondary data reform would open doors for so...
Young Invincibles sent a letter to Sens. Alexander and Murray, the leadership of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee detailing our recommendations for any upcoming Higher Education Act reauthorization bill. “Fixing our higher education system will require action from all...