Think Progress Article
Juell Frazier’s story was featured in Think Progress article, “The Lowest End Of The Income Spectrum Is A Dangerous Place For Mothers To Be”.
Using data to improve the lives of children and their families
Each year the U.S. Census Bureau releases data on the state of poverty in the United States. We know that children living in poverty face increased risk of poor health […]
Community Voices Day of Action
Jessica Frazier participated in Community Voices Day of Action, Washington, DC.
What is the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and why does it matter?
When I took my 7-month-old daughter, Beatrice, to daycare today I received an application for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), the federally funded nutrition program which provides […]
Closing the Gap: One Policy Solution to Improve Child Health and School Readiness
Emily, a mother and member of Witnesses to Hunger, whose son benefited from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) from birth to age five, passionately […]
Support the Health of the Families through the Community Eligibility Provision
Several months ago, I met a family in the Pediatric Emergency Department at Boston Medical Center with three children: one preschooler and two school-aged children. While my questions to the […]
WIC and SNAP Feed Our Future
When I first met Children HealthWatch’s founder Dr. Frank, I asked her what horrible disease was causing “failure to thrive” in the children she saw in her clinic—some crazy intestinal […]
A Place at the Table Screening
Bonita Cuff shared her story at a film screening of A Place at the Table in Cambridge, MA.
Just one Father’s Day policy can improve lifelong health, life expectancy, and gender equity
Right after my son Rocco was born, I reached my hands to him. He instantly wrapped each hand around one of my fingers and melted my heart. My wife, Vanessa, […]
Pushing health care’s boundaries: Food is medicine
The three year old I was examining was grumpy and uncooperative. His mom assured me she had no concerns about his development, but I wasn’t so sure – he appeared […]