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Income and Taxes

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

‘Imminent Danger’: Millions set to lose Medicaid, food benefits once public health emergency ends

October 20, 2022

For a moment there, we made inroads on child poverty

October 18, 2022

Letter on Prioritization of Tax Relief Legislation in Massachusetts

October 3, 2022

Those who need relief most are getting short end of Mass. tax refund

September 27, 2022

Robust policies reduce food insecurity and child poverty

September 23, 2022

What We Can Learn From Recent Reports About the Impact of the Expanded Child Tax Credit and the Ongoing Need for Outreach

September 19, 2022

Healthy Families EITC Coalition Statement on Massachusetts Tax Relief Legislation

September 16, 2022

Allison Bovell-Ammon Interviewed By WNHN Radio

August 10, 2022

A checklist on the Biden presidency: His legislative wins and losses

August 10, 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

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

August 5, 2022

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

July 27, 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

Bring Back the Child Tax Credit

June 13, 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

White House Pushes to Get Child Tax Credit to Low-Income Households

May 15, 2022

Mass. is flush with cash, so now what?

May 11, 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

Between a rock and a hard place: Why the US child care system is broken, and how we can start to fix it

April 4, 2022

Promoting Hope Through Monthly Payments For Children

March 9, 2022

Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments Linked to Decline in Food Insufficiency

March 1, 2022

Lawmakers may rebalance Baker’s tax relief plans

February 23, 2022

Children’s HealthWatch Submits Written Testimony to the MA Joint Committee on Revenue

February 22, 2022

The Healthy Families EITC Coalition Submits Witten Testimony to the MA Joint Committee on Revenue

February 22, 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

Tax-Prep Help Available for Low-to-Moderate-Income MA Families

January 25, 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

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

Children’s HealthWatch Submits Written Testimony to the MA Joint Committee on Revenue

December 13, 2021

Healthy Families EITC Coalition Submits Written Testimony to the MA Joint Committee on Revenue

December 13, 2021

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

November 22, 2021

Healthy Families EITC Coalition Submits Written Testimony to the MA Joint Committee on Ways and Means

October 1, 2021

Written Testimony to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means

October 1, 2021

Written Testimony to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means and the House Committee on Federal Stimulus and Census Oversight

September 22, 2021

Building an Equitable Future for Children and Families: Key Policy Opportunities to Support Children’s Health and Well-Being

September 10, 2021

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

September 9, 2021

The American Rescue Plan Act, A Critical Opportunity To Improve Child and Family Health

August 12, 2021

The American Rescue Plan Act, A Critical Opportunity To Improve Child And Family Health

August 12, 2021

The 23 year marathon

July 29, 2021

What Boston Needs To Know About The Child Tax Credit Payments

July 15, 2021

The money could transform their lives. But thousands of eligible kids may not get the new child tax credit

July 7, 2021

New website helps Massachusetts residents access more federal funding

June 2, 2021

Allowing Steady Savings by Eliminating Tests (ASSET) Act of 2021

May 24, 2021

Mass. Urged to Follow States on Tax Credit for Immigrants

May 18, 2021

Pediatricians: How to Help Families Get the New Child Allowance

April 6, 2021

How Will Biden’s Fix for Child Poverty Affect Kids’ Health?

March 11, 2021

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

February 23, 2021

Monday, November 16, 2020 – Wealth Equity is Health Equity: Improving Child & Family Health Through Income Supports

November 16, 2020

The Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit: Building on Success for Healthy Families

July 29, 2020

House Dems Push Family, Child Tax Credits For Virus Relief

June 22, 2020

A Process to Quantify the Health Impact of State Tax Policy

May 11, 2020

The Road to Hardship-Free: Philadelphia Check-Up for Children

October 31, 2018

The Road to Hardship-Free: Little Rock Check-Up for Children

October 31, 2018

The Road to Hardship-Free: Baltimore Check-Up for Children

October 31, 2018

The Road to Hardship-Free: Boston Check-Up for Children

October 31, 2018

The Road to Hardship-Free: Minneapolis Check-Up for Children

October 31, 2018

Children’s HealthWatch testimony at the Massachusetts State House re: Lift the Cap on Kids campaign

May 18, 2017

Allison Bovell Testimony Before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

May 2, 2017

Juell Frazier, Witnesses to Hunger – Testimony Before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

May 2, 2017

20 Years of TANF: Innovations Needed to Improve Health

August 30, 2016

The Earned Income Tax Credit in Massachusetts: Alleviating poverty today, increasing opportunity tomorrow

April 14, 2016

How Being Poor Makes You Sick

May 21, 2014

Baltimore Mothers’ Stable Employment Promotes Child and Family Health

January 14, 2014

Earning More, Receiving Less: Loss of Benefits and Child Hunger

September 1, 2010

Maternal Depression, Changing Public Assistance, Food Security and Child Health Status

June 29, 2006

The Safety Net in Action: Protecting the Health and Nutrition of Young American Children

July 1, 2004

Welfare Reform and the Health of Young Children

July 1, 2002

The Impact of Welfare Sanctions on the Health of Infants and Toddlers

January 1, 2002

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