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 […]
Originally posted on BU Experts. Ahead of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, food insecurity expert shares research-backed approaches for addressing hunger in the U.S. It is […]
Originally posted on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. A study by Children’s HealthWatch in Boston estimated that housing instability among families with young children will result in $111 billion in avoidable health […]
Originally posted on Child Tax Credit Outreach. The Impact of the Child Tax Credit In August, Children’s HealthWatch, Revolutionary Healing, and the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice […]
Originally posted on Healio. Eviction was associated with increased odds of poor health in children and their parents, according to a study published in Pediatrics. Co-author Dr. Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, […]
Originally posted on Verywell Family. A new study released by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) shows families with children facing or experiencing eviction have poorer health than those who […]
On August 10th Allison Bovell-Ammon, Director of Policy Strategy at Children’s HealthWatch, and Shailly Gupta Barnes, Policy Director of the Kairos Center and the Poor People’s Campaign, were interviewed by […]