Family economic well-being — the ability to afford enough food, a safe and stable home, home energy, medical care, and prescription medicines — ebbs and flows with economic changes.
Children’s healthy growth and development depend on having a warm, safe home, and the food and medical care they need, when they need it. All of these needs can be met when we are able to identify families experiencing hardships, rapidly respond to their particular needs, and work to ensure that public health policies and programs remain strong.