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As Texans’ Electricity Costs Soar and Temperatures Rise, a Public Health Crisis Brews

August 27, 2026

Rising food costs squeeze childcare providers, report finds

August 25, 2026

Dropped health insurance affects children

June 9, 2026

Social media tax would confirm Minnesota’s priorities

May 14, 2026

A pediatrician’s perspective on gun violence and our children

May 11, 2026

Fact Over Fiction: Medicaid, Immigration, and Health Care Access

February 18, 2026

WCCO Interviews Michael Arenson, MD, on Child Food Insecurity

February 3, 2026

Public Health Conversation Starter: In Conversation with Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba

January 28, 2026

Too few kids are eating school breakfast

December 30, 2025

Paid family leave will let parents pay attention when babies need it most

December 19, 2025

Federal snips at SNAP safety net will hit Mass. families hard

November 19, 2025

Cuts to safety net programs will hurt the youngest Minnesotans

November 18, 2025

Band-Aids on a tornado: SNAP cuts are tearing through Minnesota families

November 14, 2025

Many Questions Remain After Judges Order USDA to Fund SNAP During Shutdown

November 3, 2025

SNAP benefit freeze will leave millions nationwide struggling to pay for food – including 472,711 people in Philadelphia

October 29, 2025

At Health Commission summit, housing, economic stability are key to addressing mental health

October 29, 2025

Massachusetts AG sues Trump admin over SNAP benefit cuts

October 28, 2025

Mass. leads 25 states in suing Trump to preserve food assistance for 40M Americans

October 28, 2025

“Stable Homes, Stronger Health” | By The Numbers, A Public Health Podcast presented by Polk County

October 27, 2025

As Medicaid Cuts Loom, Here’s What’s at Stake for Families

October 16, 2025

First, the Trump administration cut SNAP benefits. Now it wants to stop measuring food insecurity

October 9, 2025

Diaper distribution program boosts MA families’ financial security

September 25, 2025

US Medicaid and Food Aid Cuts Imperil Vulnerable Children

September 22, 2025

To help low-income kids with cancer have better treatment outcomes, a researcher tries a different innovation: Cash

August 18, 2025

The Medical Consequences of Starvation

July 31, 2025

Trump administration cuts undocumented immigrants’ access to range of federally funded programs

July 31, 2025

As Trump’s raids ramp up, a Texas region’s residents stay inside — even when they need medical care

July 24, 2025

Healthy Matters Podcast: Hunger, Health, and Hope: Tackling Food Insecurity

July 24, 2025

People are struggling to feed their children: this is not the time to cut SNAP

July 8, 2025

‘You open the fridge – nothing’: renewed threat of US hunger as Trump seeks to cut food aid

July 7, 2025

Child Tax Credit Increased Food Security, Stable Housing among Young Children, but Many Eligible Families Didn’t

July 2, 2025

Why Massachusetts women have fewer children and Trump’s $5,000 ‘baby bonus’ won’t help

May 13, 2025

When children get evicted, they lose homes, health, chance at education and a future

May 9, 2025

RFK Jr. is gutting minority health offices across HHS that are key to reducing health disparities

May 2, 2025

Advocates look to expand tax credits for low-income immigrant families

April 1, 2025

Immigrant Mothers of Young Children Struggle to Juggle Family Needs and their Own Health

March 31, 2025

Job cuts at USDA in Boston could weaken New England food security

March 7, 2025

‘There’s No Way Through This but Forward’

November 20, 2024

Children’s Advocates Welcome Biden Administration’s Actions to Expand Legal Pathways for Undocumented Spouses and Dreamers

June 20, 2024

Pediatrician at NIFA housing summit: ‘Health, wealth and housing — you can’t separate them.’

May 13, 2024

Diagnosing the youth mental health crisis? Don’t forget housing and extreme heat

April 29, 2024

Immigrant Advocates Call For Tax Credit Equity

March 15, 2024

In Hospitals, Affordable Housing Gets the Long-Term Investor It Needs

March 15, 2024

Permanently Expanding the Child Tax Credit Can Make Generational Change

February 13, 2024

At a hospital’s teaching kitchen, patients get a taste of food as medicine

December 20, 2023

Mattapan child care center serves parents who work off hours

December 6, 2023

Kids face the greatest risk of eviction of any age group. The consequences can last a lifetime.

November 9, 2023

Children’s HealthWatch supports families by addressing food, housing insecurity

October 16, 2023

Senator Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) Is Children’s HealthWatch’s 2023 Champion

October 5, 2023

Governor Healey Signs First Tax Cuts in More Than 20 Years

October 4, 2023

Subsidized meals in child care tied to healthier kids and families

September 24, 2023

We cut child poverty to historic lows, then let it rebound faster than ever before

September 21, 2023

This Republican senator wants an expanded child tax credit — with work requirements

September 20, 2023

New Study Links Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric to Decline in Preventive Healthcare for Children of Immigrant Mothers

September 19, 2023

Childcare nutrition programs improve health outcomes, food security but are underfunded, researchers argue

September 19, 2023

Power meals: Child care-provided meals are associated with improved child and family health

September 18, 2023

Diaper Pilot Program Aims to Keep Families Healthy, Working

September 18, 2023

Study blames Trump for decline in immigrant well-child healthcare visits

September 18, 2023

Balancing Budgets by Emptying Bellies: WIC Cuts Would Harm Our Youngest Children

September 15, 2023

Trump’s Anti-immigrant Rhetoric, Policies, Contributed to Decline in Preventive Healthcare Visits among Children of Immigrants

September 15, 2023

Without Expanded Child Tax Credit, Families Are Sliding Back Into Poverty

September 14, 2023

‘Policymakers need to do their job too’: Pediatrician’s view on child poverty rate

September 14, 2023

Expanding tax credit will make Massachusetts a leader in family policy again

September 5, 2023

As need grows, it is crucial to address underlying causes of hunger

August 28, 2023

Do Housing Affordability and Supply Challenges Need a Justice Lens?

August 25, 2023

New Poll Shows 77% of Massachusetts Residents Support $600 Child & Family Tax Credit

August 23, 2023

Letter: Massachusetts lawmakers must look beyond interests of wealthy by including $600 Child and Family Tax Credit

August 11, 2023

MA Lawmakers Work to Enhance Tax Credits for Working Families

August 7, 2023

Bringing Healthy Food and a Community Hub to Roxbury

August 3, 2023

Institute for Research on Poverty’s 2023–2025 Extramural Large Grant Awardees

July 31, 2023

Child Tax Credit anniversary: Bittersweet milestone for the anti-poverty movement

July 27, 2023

More than 100 state and local organizations call on elected officials to pass a $600 Child and Family Tax Credit

July 21, 2023

Mass. lawmakers, pass House’s more generous Child and Family Tax Credit

July 13, 2023

Advocates Push for ‘Tax Fairness’ with Expanded Child Tax Credits

June 5, 2023

Families facing poverty should not be hostages of a debt limit accord

May 24, 2023

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?

April 26, 2023

Van Hollen, Young Introduce Bill to Boost Housing Mobility Vouchers, Increase Families’ Access to Opportunity

April 25, 2023

Pandemic relief efforts did not reach immigrant families

April 24, 2023

Immigrant Families Struggled the Most with Food Insecurity, Rent Payments during COVID

April 24, 2023

Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Insecurity and Inability to Pay Rent Hit Immigrant Families Hardest

April 21, 2023

To improve health, hospitals partner to provide housing

April 20, 2023

Eviction Solutions Require Cross-Sector Policy

April 14, 2023

How to Help Patients Who Are Losing SNAP Benefits

April 5, 2023

Mass. coalition relaunches push to raise earned income tax credit

March 30, 2023

Rolling back SNAP benefits puts millions of children at risk of hunger and long-term health consequences

March 28, 2023

‘Back to one meal a day’: SNAP benefits drop as food prices climb

March 17, 2023

SNAP benefits will drop for millions of Americans as pandemic aid winds down

March 9, 2023

Coalition puts tax breaks for low-income workers on table

February 9, 2023

Children’s HealthWatch Launches Healthy Families Tax Credits Coalition Campaign

February 1, 2023

Haitian Migrants Face Unique Challenges Finding U.S. Housing

January 17, 2023

In record numbers, families without shelter are turning to Massachusetts emergency departments

December 22, 2022

An Atlanta hospital takes on the city’s housing crisis

December 5, 2022

Some CPS parents are just getting summer 2022 pandemic food benefit cards now, with no explanation

December 2, 2022

USDA Proposes Science Driven Updates to Foods Provided Through WIC | What They’re Saying

November 29, 2022

Financial Coaching Offers New Paths To A Healthy Future

November 9, 2022

Tightening abortion laws reignite conversation around a permanent Child Tax Credit

November 4, 2022

Loss of Child Tax Credit Advance Payments Tied to Higher Food Insecurity

October 28, 2022

Food insufficiency increased in US households by 25% after expiration of Child Tax Credit payments

October 25, 2022

US Food Insufficiency Spiked by 25% After Monthly Child Tax Credits Expired

October 24, 2022

US food insufficiency surged by 25 percent after end of child tax credits: analysis

October 24, 2022

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