Key Points Question Was expiration of advance Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments associated with increased food insufficiency in the US? Findings In a cross-sectional study of repeated surveys from a nationally representative […]
“A permanent expansion would be a game-changer for reducing child poverty for good,” said one study co-author.
Originally posted on Stat News. Expansions to social safety net programs during Covid-19 have been essential for low-income Americans hit hard by the pandemic. But the stabilizing impact of these […]
In an op-ed published by STAT on Tuesday, Allison Maria Lacko, Allison Bovell-Ammon, and Richard Sheward noted that “many individuals and families will experience the cumulative impact of losing access to both Medicaid and SNAP or losing access to Medicaid and having SNAP benefits reduced.”
Originally published in The Boston Globe. Monthly Child Tax Credit made a measurable difference We write in strong support of former acting Boston mayor Kim Janey’s call for monthly cash benefits […]
Originally published in The Boston Globe. For Dr. Megan Sandel, such stories are all too familiar. As a lead researcher at Children’s HealthWatch, a research group at Boston Medical Center, Sandel […]
Originally posted on WhiteHouse.gov. Pillar 5 – Enhance Nutrition and Food Security Research CHILDREN’S HEALTHWATCH: By 2030, the nonprofit Children’s HealthWatch will raise $1.9 million to advance research and deepen understanding […]
Originally posted on The Boston Globe. Re “Refunds could be bigger than expected: Checks triggered by 1980s law are expected to be 13% of taxpayer liability” (Page A1, Sept. 17): It’s true […]