
Advocates Push for 'Tax Fairness' with Expanded Child Tax Credits
Originally posted on Public News Service
As Massachusetts lawmakers work to finalize tax-relief measures, advocates for low-income families are calling for an expansion of tax credits proven to reduce poverty.
Advocates want to increase…

Families facing poverty should not be hostages of a debt limit accord
The article “No debt limit deal; but both sides signal optimism” (Page A1, May 17) reported on the countdown taking place in Washington as Republican leaders threaten to take resources for food and other basic needs from millions of Americans…

Children's HealthWatch Statement on Threat to 2022 Public Charge Rule
Two years ago, Children’s HealthWatch and our partners celebrated the rescission of the 2019 public charge rule – a harmful and racist wealth test policy that penalized participation of immigrant families in evidence-based programs with…

Children’s HealthWatch Statement On the Debt Ceiling
Imposing restrictions that take food and other basic needs away from children and families with low incomes are an imminent threat to their short and long-term health and well-being. Despite decades of research demonstrating the beneficial health…

What was the association between participation in federal COVID-19 relief programs and mitigation of food and housing hardships and disparities among families with young children?
Originally posted on News-Medical.Net
In a recent study published in JAMA Health Forum Journal, researchers evaluated the relationship between the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) relief programs and the mitigation of household food…

Van Hollen, Young Introduce Bill to Boost Housing Mobility Vouchers, Increase Families’ Access to Opportunity
Originally posted on Chris Van Hollen.
“With exorbitant rents and increased homelessness in many communities, our nation is in the grips of an affordable housing crisis that forces three out of every four of America’s lowest-income families…

Pandemic relief efforts did not reach immigrant families
Originally posted on CIDRAP.
Immigrant families living in the United States took some of the hardest economic hits during the COVID-19 pandemic, but benefited less from government assistance and relief programs than families with US-born…

Immigrant Families Struggled the Most with Food Insecurity, Rent Payments during COVID
Originally posted on BU School of Public Health.
Although families with immigrant mothers experienced higher rates of food insecurity and inability to pay rent during the pandemic than other groups, they reported less participation in economic…

Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Insecurity and Inability to Pay Rent Hit Immigrant Families Hardest
Originally posted on DrexelNEWS.
Although families with immigrant mothers experienced higher rates of food insecurity and inability to pay rent during the pandemic than other groups, they reported less participation in economic impact payments…