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Food Insecurity

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

September 1, 2026

Supporting Healthy Nutrition in Early Education & Care Settings: Perspectives of Child Care Providers and Administrators in Massachusetts

August 28, 2026

Rising food costs squeeze childcare providers, report finds

August 25, 2026

Co-Enrollment in Safety-Net Programs Among Families with Young Children: A Multistate Analysis of Enrollment Gaps, Design and Implementation

August 12, 2026

From Screening to Action: Insights into HRSN Screening Infrastructure in a Fragmented Social Safety Net

June 24, 2026

Data Snapshot: SNAP’s Pandemic Success Story and its Uncertain Future

May 15, 2026

Data Snapshot: Food Insecurity in the U.S.

May 15, 2026

CACFP: Preliminary Qualitative Findings

April 30, 2026

Caregiver Incarceration and Incarceration-Related Barriers to SNAP Among Young Children

April 30, 2026

Food Insecurity and SNAP Fact Sheets

April 29, 2026

Food Insecurity and SNAP Fact Sheet – Pennsylvania

April 29, 2026

Food Insecurity and SNAP Fact Sheet – Minnesota

April 29, 2026

Food Insecurity and SNAP Fact Sheet – Arkansas

April 29, 2026

Food Insecurity and SNAP Fact Sheet – Massachusetts

April 29, 2026

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

April 2, 2026

Protecting SNAP as a critical public health intervention

February 5, 2026

WCCO Interviews Michael Arenson, MD, on Child Food Insecurity

February 3, 2026

Development and validation of a 1-item very low food security screen

January 19, 2026

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

January 8, 2026

Too few kids are eating school breakfast

December 30, 2025

Evolving food as medicine programs to advance health equity: insights from two decades of practice

December 8, 2025

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

November 19, 2025

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

November 14, 2025

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

November 4, 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

Dr. Diana Cutts Speaks at Make Hunger History Rally

October 28, 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

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

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

October 9, 2025

Statement on US Government Shutdown

October 1, 2025

US Medicaid and Food Aid Cuts Imperil Vulnerable Children

September 22, 2025

Statement on 2024 Supplemental Poverty Measure Report

September 10, 2025

Hardship-Free Households Are Associated With Optimal Caregiver and Child Health

August 29, 2025

Children’s HealthWatch Comment on Department of Agriculture Reorganization Plan

August 26, 2025

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

July 2, 2025

Understanding Relationships between Food Security and Education Attainment: Simulations of the Role of Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Inequity

January 31, 2025

Food Insecurity and Weight Faltering: US Multisite Analysis of Young Children’s Weight Trajectory

December 19, 2024

Response to the 2023 Household Food Security Report

September 9, 2024

Association between Child Tax Credit advance payments and food insufficiency in households experiencing economic shocks

February 29, 2024

An Apple a Day Won’t Even Be Affordable for Children if Critical Program Isn’t Funded

January 11, 2024

WIC Needs Immediate Funding to Protect the Health and Well-Being of Children

January 9, 2024

WIC Needs Immediate Funding to Protect the Health and Well-Being of Children

November 2, 2023

Investments Needed to Strengthen and Protect Safety Net Programs for Child and Family Health as Data Reveal a Rise in Food Insecurity Rates

October 30, 2023

Development and Validation of an Abbreviated Child and Adult Food Security Scale for Use in Clinical and Research Settings in the United States

October 16, 2023

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

October 16, 2023

Subsidized meals in child care tied to healthier kids and families

September 24, 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

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

September 15, 2023

Nourishing Futures: Strengthening Child Health Through SNAP

September 6, 2023

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

August 28, 2023

Bringing Healthy Food and a Community Hub to Roxbury

August 3, 2023

Child Care Feeding Programs Associated With Food Security and Health for Young Children From Families With Low Incomes

June 9, 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

How to Help Patients Who Are Losing SNAP Benefits

April 5, 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

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

February 21, 2023

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

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

U.S. Child Hunger Spiked in Weeks After Child Tax Credits Repealed

October 24, 2022

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

October 24, 2022

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

October 21, 2022

Food Insufficiency Up 25% Since Manchin, GOP Killed Child Tax Credit Boost

October 21, 2022

FACT SHEET: The Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces More Than $8 Billion in New Commitments as Part of Call to Action for White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health

September 28, 2022

Addressing Food Insecurity At Its Root

September 26, 2022

Robust policies reduce food insecurity and child poverty

September 23, 2022

Prenatal WIC Is Associated with Increased Birth Weight of Infants Born in the United States with Immigrant Mothers

August 31, 2022

ʻI didn’t have to worryʼ – How the Child Tax Credit Helped Families Catch Up on Rent and Improved Health

August 5, 2022

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

July 26, 2022

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

July 15, 2022

Food insufficiency in families with children increased after expiration of Child Tax Credit monthly payments

May 20, 2022

Families struggling without child tax credit

May 16, 2022

Food insecurity rises as families lose child tax credit payments, data shows

May 15, 2022

Children’s advocates want universal free school lunches to continue

May 12, 2022

Food insecurity rises as families lose child tax credit payments, data shows

May 11, 2022

The Child Tax Credit Benefits Whole Families: Preliminary data show improved food security and parental health

May 9, 2022

New study shows impact of child tax credit payments for families

May 9, 2022

Food insufficiency in families with children increased after expiration of Child Tax Credit monthly payments

April 28, 2022

For 25 Years, Food Security Has Included a Nutrition Domain: Is a New Measure of Nutrition Security Needed?

April 24, 2022

A key centerpiece for health in schools: free lunch

April 7, 2022

Validation of an Abbreviated Child and Adult Food Security Scale (ACAFSS)

April 4, 2022

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

March 23, 2022

Living Well Into The Future: Food Is Medicine

March 13, 2022

Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments Linked to Decline in Food Insufficiency

March 1, 2022

New Study Finds Advance Child Tax Credits Reduced US Food Insufficiency by 26%

January 31, 2022

The expanded child tax credit briefly slashed child poverty. Here’s what else it did

January 27, 2022

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

January 23, 2022

An Accurate Response to Food Insecurity Craves an Apples-to-Apples Comparison

January 23, 2022

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

January 21, 2022

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