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COVID-19

Parent Perspectives on the Child Tax Credit

August 6, 2026

Advance Child Tax Credit Supported Families Experiencing Economic Shocks

May 31, 2024

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

September 21, 2023

Nourishing Futures: Strengthening Child Health Through SNAP

September 6, 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

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

Association Between Material Hardship in Families With Young Children and Federal Relief Program Participation by Race and Ethnicity and Maternal Nativity

April 21, 2023

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

March 9, 2023

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

December 2, 2022

Changes in Economic Hardships Arising During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Differences by Nativity and Race

November 5, 2022

Ensuring food security and health beyond the Covid-19 public health emergency

October 24, 2022

Ensuring food security and health beyond the Covid-19 public health emergency

October 21, 2022

Children’s advocates want universal free school lunches to continue

May 12, 2022

Too Many Children Are Still Dying Young Around the World

May 1, 2022

As the child tax credit ends, one family navigates a new, familiar reality

January 23, 2022

The sunsetting of the child tax credit expansion could leave many families without enough food on the table

January 21, 2022

Advance Child Tax Credits Reduced US Food Insufficiency by 26 Percent

January 13, 2022

Association of the Implementation of Child Tax Credit Advance Payments With Food Insufficiency in US Households

January 13, 2022

Advance Child Tax Credit payments cut food insufficiency by 26%, study finds

January 13, 2022

Special Pandemic Payments Staved Off Hunger for Children’s Families

January 13, 2022

Child hunger is expected to worsen

December 23, 2021

Why one senator just blew up Joe Biden’s presidential plans

December 21, 2021

BMC Pediatrician Presents a Model for Stably Housing Families in White House Forum

December 21, 2021

Kids go hungry, face malnutrition as safety net ebbs

December 17, 2021

Hunger Stunts Growth of American Babies as Inflation Hits Hard

December 16, 2021

The expanded child tax credit is a success. So naturally, it has to end.

December 15, 2021

‘This relief currently has an expiration date, but parenting does not’: Senator Markey calls for extending child tax credit

November 22, 2021

More than 101,000 New York City public school students faced homelessness last year

November 16, 2021

Written Testimony to the Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

October 1, 2021

Written Testimony to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means

October 1, 2021

Closing the Housing Opportunity Gap

September 23, 2021

A Bold Federal Response to Eviction Protects Health and Housing Stability

September 23, 2021

Eviction: A Preventable Cause of Adverse Child and Family Health

September 23, 2021

Children’s HealthWatch Comments in Response to the Request for Information from the Congressional Caucus on SDOH

September 21, 2021

How the Child Tax Credit Can Break Cycles of Addiction | Opinion

September 9, 2021

The Toll on Children’s Health during COVID-19

July 28, 2021

‘The effects will linger’: US kids’ long-term health in jeopardy after pandemic schooling

June 30, 2021

Bipartisan legislation introduced in Senate would address eviction crisis

June 25, 2021

Comparing Food Security Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Considerations When Choosing Measures

June 3, 2021

Childhood hunger before and after COVID

May 19, 2021

Pandemic makes childhood hunger worse experts say; inadequate food threatens children’s health

May 19, 2021

Food insecurity seems to have risen during the pandemic. Why that’s critical for Philadelphia’s early learners.

May 4, 2021

Watertown Public Schools keeps students fed amid growing food insecurity

April 29, 2021

Pandemic EBT – Summer 2021 | Hear What They’re Saying

April 27, 2021

NLIHC Fair Housing Q&A mini Series

April 19, 2021

Addressing Food Insecurity Among Young Children During the Pandemic: Innovations from Vermont and Washington State

April 13, 2021

COD’s Dialogue Over Distance Presents ‘Housing Is Health Care’

April 6, 2021

Pediatricians: How to Help Families Get the New Child Allowance

April 6, 2021

Investing in low-income households boosts future

March 24, 2021

Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough: We Need to Stop Deluding Ourselves About Racism

March 23, 2021

Children’s HealthWatch Statement on Recent Attacks on the AAPI Community

March 23, 2021

Podcast: Hunger in America – Part 1

March 14, 2021

The American Rescue Plan: A Prescription for Child Health and Stability During the COVID-19 Pandemic

March 3, 2021

Our children are in trouble if we don’t pass Biden’s child allowance

February 23, 2021

What Is Redlining? How Residential Segregation Shaped U.S. Cities

February 19, 2021

Thousands Wait In Lines At Food Pantries. They Could Be Shopping At Grocery Stores

February 11, 2021

Children’s HealthWatch Statement on Biden’s Recent Executive Orders

February 5, 2021

For good health outcomes, we need good housing incomes

January 23, 2021

A First Look at Preliminary Children’s HealthWatch COVID-19 Survey Data

December 22, 2020

Children’s HealthWatch Submits a Letter to the Massachusetts Legislature Conference Committee on FY21 Budget Negotiations

November 23, 2020

Coronavirus Means School Food is Free. What if it Stayed That Way?

November 23, 2020

Public health officials fear evictions could worsen COVID-19 spike in Mass.

November 13, 2020

Massachusetts leaders must deliver relief to poor families now

November 7, 2020

Families Need Congress to Prioritize Economic Relief: 5 Measures to Promote Child and Family Health

October 21, 2020

Boston Medical Center-led initiative wins $5 million from JPMorgan Chase to help inner city neighborhoods

October 8, 2020

Stress from worrying about eviction causing physical problems for kids, parents

October 7, 2020

Feeding America warns of shortage of up to EIGHT BILLION meals across the country over next 12 months, which could leave millions of Americans hungry during the pandemic

October 7, 2020

Pandemic Creates Plague of Evictions

October 6, 2020

How housing negatively impacts our physical and mental health

October 6, 2020

ESTUDIO: Inseguridad alimentaria se duplicó en MA con la pandemia

October 6, 2020

The State of Hunger: Before & Since the Pandemic

October 6, 2020

Homelessness During Pandemic Making A Bad Situation Worse

October 5, 2020

U.S. faces shortage of up to 8 billion meals in next 12 months, leading food bank says

October 2, 2020

No, the Recession Isn’t Over—and It’s About to Get Much Worse for Some

September 30, 2020

Evictions Damage Public Health. The CDC Aims To Curb Them ― For Now

September 29, 2020

Hunger in America, Especially for Children, Has “Skyrocketed” During COVID-19, Data Shows

September 23, 2020

Moving Toward a More Equitable and Just Society: A New “What If Project” System Simulation Policy Brief

September 22, 2020

As childhood hunger rises, a key food-stamp benefit is ending

September 21, 2020

‘How Am I Going To Make It?’ Months of Eviction Uncertainty Are Taking a Toll on Millions of Families

September 21, 2020

Clock Ticks On Pandemic EBT Program

September 21, 2020

Millions of Children Go Hungry as Mitch McConnell Blocks Stimulus Bill

September 18, 2020

Upcoming expiration for P-EBT food assistance for school children threatens long-term ramifications

September 18, 2020

‘No excuse for inaction’: Experts urge Congress to extend program providing free school replacement meals for kids

September 18, 2020

Program That Provides Food To School-Age Children Could End Soon If Congress Doesn’t Extend It

September 17, 2020

Looming wave of evictions, housing instability poses threat to health

September 10, 2020

Nutritional assistance program needed to treat increasing food insecurity among children and their families

August 27, 2020

Blog by Miao Gong, Intern at Children’s HealthWatch

August 24, 2020

SNAP Is Medicine for Food Insecurity

August 21, 2020

Pandemic unemployment assistance necessary to maintain nation’s health

August 20, 2020

Children’s HealthWatch Submits Testimony on MA’s Economic Development Bill Negotiations

August 19, 2020

Children’s HealthWatch Statement on HUD’s Termination of AFFH

August 13, 2020

The High Cost of Undercounting

August 13, 2020

Looming Rise in Family Homelessness will Harm Child Health

August 10, 2020

EDUARDO OCHOA: Prioritize health

August 7, 2020

Homelessness, Children, and COVID-19: A Looming Crisis

July 31, 2020

Our food system will collapse without federal assistance

July 31, 2020

Children’s HealthWatch’s Letter On COVID-19 Federal Response Negotiations

July 30, 2020

These Mothers Are Fighting for Their Families by Occupying Vacant Homes

July 30, 2020

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