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

August 12, 2026

Parent Perspectives on the Child Tax Credit

August 6, 2026

“I’m Doing My Part, Why Aren’t You Doing Yours?”: A Qualitative Exploration of the Expanded Child Tax Credit Among Mothers with Young Children

August 6, 2026

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

June 18, 2026

Healthy Families Tax Credits Coalition FY27 Letter to the Conference Committee

June 12, 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

Massachusetts Budget Briefing: Expanding Access to Refundable Tax Credits

March 25, 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

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

“Stable Homes, Stronger Health” | By The Numbers, A Public Health Podcast presented by Polk County

October 27, 2025

As Medicaid Cuts Loom, Here’s What’s at Stake for Families

October 16, 2025

Changing Diapers, Changing Lives: The Health and Economic Impacts of Diaper Benefits

September 22, 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

Amid Threats to the Safety Net, Advance Child Tax Credit Payments Are a Win for Minnesota Families

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

Trump administration cuts undocumented immigrants’ access to range of federally funded programs

July 31, 2025

People are struggling to feed their children: this is not the time to cut SNAP

July 8, 2025

‘You open the fridge – nothing’: renewed threat of US hunger as Trump seeks to cut food aid

July 7, 2025

Statement on the Reconciliation Bill Passed by Congress

July 3, 2025

Statement on the Senate-Passed Reconciliation Bill

July 1, 2025

AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting

June 25, 2025

Congressional Briefing on SNAP and Child Health: Pediatric Experience on the Frontlines

June 25, 2025

Medicaid Food Security Network Summit

May 25, 2025

Bridge Builders Summit

May 25, 2025

National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference

May 25, 2025

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

May 22, 2025

RFK Jr. is gutting minority health offices across HHS that are key to reducing health disparities

May 2, 2025

Poverty and Power Screening

April 24, 2025

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

April 15, 2025

Massachusetts State House Briefing

April 1, 2025

National Low Income Housing Coalition 2025 Policy Forum

March 30, 2025

Job cuts at USDA in Boston could weaken New England food security

March 7, 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

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

Lost Home, Lost Benefit: Families Who Move Due to Unaffordable Housing Are More Likely to Lose Access to Assistance Programs

August 6, 2024

Senate Fails to Advance Bipartisan Tax Bill

August 5, 2024

Children’s HealthWatch FY25 Conference Committee Letter

July 16, 2024

The Farm Bill

May 17, 2024

Important New WIC Rule

April 24, 2024

Children’s HealthWatch Statement on Child Tax Credit Agreement

January 17, 2024

The Rent Relief Act of 2023

December 20, 2023

Governor Healey Signs First Tax Cuts in More Than 20 Years

October 4, 2023

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

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

September 21, 2023

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

September 15, 2023

‘Policymakers need to do their job too’: Pediatrician’s view on child poverty rate

September 14, 2023

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

September 12, 2023

More than 100 state and local organizations call on elected officials to pass a $600 Child and Family Tax Credit

July 21, 2023

Mass. lawmakers, pass House’s more generous Child and Family Tax Credit

July 13, 2023

Children’s HealthWatch Statement On the Debt Ceiling

May 17, 2023

Van Hollen, Young Introduce Bill to Boost Housing Mobility Vouchers, Increase Families’ Access to Opportunity

April 25, 2023

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

February 21, 2023

Tightening abortion laws reignite conversation around a permanent Child Tax Credit

November 4, 2022

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

November 2, 2022

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

October 21, 2022

For a moment there, we made inroads on child poverty

October 18, 2022

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

September 30, 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

Robust policies reduce food insecurity and child poverty

September 23, 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

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

Harness the Power of Your Story: How Storytelling Informs Policy

June 21, 2022

Letter on Massachusetts VITA Funding in Fiscal Year 23 Budget Negotiations

June 15, 2022

Bring Back the Child Tax Credit

June 13, 2022

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

June 6, 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

Letter to the House Committee on Rules

March 28, 2022

One tool to help create affordable housing — real estate transfer fees

March 24, 2022

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

March 23, 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

Letter to the Family Reunification Task Force

January 27, 2022

Children’s HealthWatch Comments on the Department of State’s interim final rule, “Visas: Ineligibility Based on Public Charge Grounds”

January 14, 2022

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

January 4, 2022

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

December 13, 2021

Children’s HealthWatch Comments on the Driver of Health Screening Rate and the Driver of Health Screen Positive Rate

December 9, 2021

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

November 23, 2021

Letter to the ICD-10-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee

November 11, 2021

Children’s HealthWatch Submits Written Testimony to the MA Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities

October 29, 2021

Children’s HealthWatch Comments on the Department of Homeland Security’s Advanced Notice of Public Rule Making

October 22, 2021

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