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Testimonies, Statements, and Letters

Letter to Healey Administration and Massachusetts Legislature on DTA Investment and Protecting SNAP Access

September 1, 2026

Organizational Comment RE: Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule; Sponsor Assessment Update

August 25, 2026

Comments to CMS on Community Engagement Requirements

July 30, 2026

Statement on DHS’ Final Public Charge Rule

July 23, 2026

Comments to CMS on State-Directed Payments

July 20, 2026

Written testimony in support of An Act significantly alleviating poverty (H.5085/S.3095)

July 14, 2026

Comments on OMB Federal Financial Assistance

July 10, 2026

Re: PUBLIC NOTICE: Termination of MassHealth’s “TANF and EAEDC Recipients” 1115 Demonstration Expenditure Authority and the Transition and Phase-Out Plan

July 6, 2026

Oral Testimony in Support of H.5085/S.3095: An Act significantly alleviating poverty

July 1, 2026

Letter to the Massachusetts Budget Conference Committee In Support of the PROTECT Act

June 18, 2026

Letter to the Massachusetts Budget Conference Committee

June 18, 2026

Healthy Families Tax Credits Coalition FY27 Letter to the Conference Committee

June 12, 2026

Written testimony in support of H.1527/S.2826: An Act relative to the Massachusetts rental voucher program

June 11, 2026

Letter to the Senate Labor and Industry Committee in Support of the Family Care Act (SB906)

June 10, 2026

Testimony in support of the ENOUGH Act (S.3022/H.5187)

May 20, 2026

Comments In Response to HUD’s Proposal to Allow Time Limits and Work Requirements

May 1, 2026

Comments In Response to HUD’s Proposal to Deny Housing Assistance to Mixed-Status Families

April 21, 2026

Healthy Families Tax Credits Coalition FY27 MA State Budget Letter

April 3, 2026

Comments to USDA on Opportunities, Challenges, and Emerging Areas in Statistical Data, Analysis, and Research

April 2, 2026

Statement on HUD Proposal to Deny Housing Assistance to Mixed-Status Families

February 23, 2026

Children’s HealthWatch Child Care and Development Fund NPRM Comment

February 4, 2026

Testimony in support of An Act promoting access to counsel and housing stability in Massachusetts (H.1952/S.968)

January 20, 2026

Statement on the “Household Food Security in the United States in 2024” Report

January 8, 2026

Testimony in Support of MA Bills H.48 and H.1158/S.737

December 24, 2025

Children’s HealthWatch Public Charge NPRM Comment

December 19, 2025

Testimony in support of S.1681/H.2580: An Act to protect the civil rights and safety of all Massachusetts residents

December 1, 2025

Statement on U.S. Department of Homeland Security Public Charge Proposal

November 21, 2025

Oral Testimony in Support of S.968, An Act promoting access to counsel and housing stability in Massachusetts

November 20, 2025

Oral Testimony in Support of H.215, An Act supporting the development of children experiencing homelessness

November 20, 2025

Statement Celebrating the Creation of Working Pennsylvanians Tax Credit

November 17, 2025

Statement on Congressional Failure to Extend Health Care Subsidies for 22 Million People

November 14, 2025

Comments to the USDA on the Decision to Discontinue the Food Security in the U.S. Reports

November 4, 2025

Statement on Upcoming Lapse in SNAP Funding

October 24, 2025

Letters to Massachusetts State Officials on Federal Nutrition Programs

October 21, 2025

Testimony on bills heard by the MA Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities during the DTA hearing on Sept. 16, 2025

October 18, 2025

Statement on US Government Shutdown

October 1, 2025

Statement on USDA Termination of Food Insecurity Data Collection

September 23, 2025

Testimony to the MA Committee on Housing in Favor of Bills that Support Children and Families

September 22, 2025

Testimony in support of legislation to strengthen Massachusetts family tax credits

September 19, 2025

Oral Testimony to the MA Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities on Establishing a Diaper Benefit Program

September 16, 2025

Oral Testimony to the MA Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities in Support of Bills to Lift Kids Out of Deep Poverty

September 16, 2025

Oral testimony to the MA Committee on Revenue in support of legislation to strengthen family tax credits

September 16, 2025

Statement on 2024 Supplemental Poverty Measure Report

September 10, 2025

Statement on US Government Plan to Deport Guatemalan Children

September 3, 2025

Children’s HealthWatch Comment on Department of Agriculture Reorganization Plan

August 26, 2025

Children’s HealthWatch Comments to HHS Regarding PRWORA Reinterpretation

August 13, 2025

Written testimony in support of the MA Bill An Act ensuring equitable health coverage for children (H.1403/S.855)

August 4, 2025

Letter to the MA Administration Regarding VITA Funding in Fiscal Year 26

July 28, 2025

Comments on H.4144, An Act Relative to Energy Affordability, Independence, and Innovation

July 7, 2025

Statement on the Reconciliation Bill Passed by Congress

July 3, 2025

Statement on the Senate-Passed Reconciliation Bill

July 1, 2025

Letter to Conference Committee Regarding VITA Funding in Fiscal Year 26 Budget Negotiations

June 11, 2025

Comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Regarding CMS-1833-P

June 10, 2025

House Passes Partisan Bill to Cut SNAP, Medicaid, and Supports for Children

May 22, 2025

Statement on Ending Direct File

April 30, 2025

Statement In Response to the Interim Final Rule “Alien Registration Form and Evidence of Registration”

April 15, 2025

Statement on IRS-DHS Information Sharing Agreement

April 15, 2025

Press Briefing: Advocates and Experts Warn Against Proposed Cuts to SNAP

March 7, 2025

Letter to the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation: MA Health Care Institutions & Providers Oppose Cuts to SNAP, Safety Net

March 6, 2025

Testimony in Support of the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act (SB 828/HB 1006)

March 3, 2025

Testimony to the Minnesota State Legislature on Free School Meals

February 13, 2025

Comments to the House Ways and Means Committee on the Need to Expand Family Tax Credits

January 29, 2025

How Mass Deportations Will Separate American Families, Harm Our Armed Forces, and Devastate Our Economy: Statement to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary

January 6, 2025

Statement on the 2024 Election

November 7, 2024

Letter to the House Ways and Means Tax Team: Earned Income Tax Credit

October 21, 2024

Letter to the House Ways and Means Tax Team: Child Tax Credit

October 21, 2024

Letter to the MA Poverty Commission on Policies that Support Children and Families

October 11, 2024

Response to the 2023 Household Food Security Report

September 9, 2024

Direct Rental Assistance Response to Department of House and Urban Development

September 3, 2024

Statement on Changes to EA Shelter in Massachusetts

August 9, 2024

Senate Fails to Advance Bipartisan Tax Bill

August 5, 2024

Submitted Comments – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Draft Recommendation Statement on Food Insecurity: Screening

July 26, 2024

Children’s HealthWatch FY25 Conference Committee Letter

July 16, 2024

Healthy Families Tax Credits Coalition Sends Massachusetts Senate Letter with 105 Organizations to Support Tax Equity

April 9, 2024

Children’s HealthWatch Statement on Child Tax Credit Agreement

January 17, 2024

Children’s HealthWatch Statement on Child Poverty & Averting a Government Shutdown

September 29, 2023

Testimony in support of An Act establishing basic needs assistance for Massachusetts immigrant residents and An Act to lift kids out of deep poverty

September 25, 2023

Children’s HealthWatch Submits a Letter In Opposition of Cutting Arkansas’ Income and Corporate Tax (HB1007)

September 12, 2023

Children’s HealthWatch Statement on the Minnesota Child Tax Credit

May 31, 2023

Children’s HealthWatch Statement on Threat to 2022 Public Charge Rule

May 18, 2023

Children’s HealthWatch Statement On the Debt Ceiling

May 17, 2023

Healthy Families Tax Credits Coalition Statement on MA House tax relief package

April 13, 2023

Children’s HealthWatch Submits Comments on the Proposed Rule Revisions in the WIC Food Packages

February 21, 2023

Children’s HealthWatch Submits Comments to the National Quality Forum for Its Work to Advance Integration of Social Drivers of Health

January 12, 2023

The Healthy Families EITC Coalition is Deeply Disappointed that Permanent Tax Relief for Families with Low Incomes has Been Removed from Final Economic Development Legislation

November 4, 2022

Statement on the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals Decision on DACA

November 2, 2022

Letter on Prioritization of Tax Relief Legislation in Massachusetts

October 3, 2022

Letter on the Review of Federal Policies That Contribute to Racial and Ethnic Health Inequities

September 30, 2022

Healthy Families EITC Coalition Statement on Massachusetts Tax Relief Legislation

September 16, 2022

Children’s Healthwatch Is Deeply Disappointed Key Provisions to Support Families Are Notably Absent From the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

August 9, 2022

Healthy Families EITC Coalition Submits a Letter on Tax Relief Implementation in Economic Development Bill Negotiations

July 27, 2022

Children’s HealthWatch Commends the US House Education & Labor Committee for Introducing the Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act

July 26, 2022

Dr. Maureen Black Testifies to the House Committee on the Budget

July 26, 2022

Recommendations for the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health

July 15, 2022

Statement on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Ruling

July 1, 2022

Letter on Expanding the Massachusetts Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

June 29, 2022

Letter on Massachusetts VITA Funding in Fiscal Year 23 Budget Negotiations

June 15, 2022

Comments in support of ‘Affordability of Employer Coverage for Family Members of Employees,’ proposed rule REG-114339-21

June 6, 2022

Letter to the House Committee on Rules

March 28, 2022

Children’s HealthWatch Comments on USPSTF Draft Research Plan: Preventive Services for Food Insecurity

March 23, 2022

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