Cliff Effects and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
The American Dream tells us that if we just work hard enough, no matter our origins, we can succeed. However, many low-income families in the United States would beg to […]
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Unintended Consequences: Family health and well-being and the SNAP cliff effect
Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba presented at “Understanding and Generating Solutions to the Cliff Effect” event on March 31st in Boston, which was co-sponsored by Children’s HealthWatch and the University of […]
Making SNAP Work for Families Leaving Poverty
Marking the third installment in the five-city Children’s HealthWatch Policy Action Brief Series, Hunger: A New Vital Sign, Children’s HealthWatch published a new Policy Action Brief – “Making SNAP Work for Families […]
Making SNAP Work For Families Leaving Poverty
The holiday season is officially here and with it brings an increase in work hours for many low-income employees in the service and retail industries. An increase in hours should […]
Punishing Hard Work: The Unintended Consequences of Cutting SNAP Benefits
New Children’s HealthWatch research shows that increases in income that trigger loss of nutrition assistance benefits can leave young children in poor health and without enough food to eat. These data […]
Punishing Hard Work: The Unintended Consequences of Cutting SNAP
Working in the nexus between policy, advocacy, and research, we hear story after story of how frustrating and arduous the climb out of poverty can be for parents of young […]
Earning More, Receiving Less: Loss of Benefits and Child Hunger
Children’s HealthWatch published a new policy brief on how employment can lead to a harmful loss of benefit for needy families.