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Diaper Pilot Program Aims to Keep Families Healthy, Working

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

Children’s HealthWatch Statement on Threat to 2022 Public Charge Rule

May 18, 2023

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

April 25, 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

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

Associations of household unmet basic needs and health outcomes among very low birth weight children

February 7, 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

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

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

October 24, 2022

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

October 21, 2022

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

October 21, 2022

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

October 20, 2022

Robust policies reduce food insecurity and child poverty

September 23, 2022

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

August 5, 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

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

Children’s advocates want universal free school lunches to continue

May 12, 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

For Immigrant Mothers, WIC Nutrition Program Led to Healthier Infant Birth Weights

March 3, 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

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

The immigrant birthweight paradox in an urban cohort: Role of immigrant enclaves and ambient air pollution

January 4, 2022

Kids go hungry, face malnutrition as safety net ebbs

December 17, 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

Can the Hunger Vital Sign™ act as a prescreen for other social needs?

November 15, 2021

Failure to Thrive or Growth Faltering: Medical, Developmental/Behavioral, Nutritional, and Social Dimensions

November 3, 2021

The Housing Opportunity Gap

September 23, 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

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

September 10, 2021

Children’s HealthWatch Is Deeply Concerned With the Consequences of the Supreme Court’s Decision to Overturn the National Eviction Moratorium

September 1, 2021

A Bulwark Against the Storm: The Unequal Impact of COVID Relief Policies on Families With Young Children

September 1, 2021

OPINION | Eduardo Ochoa and Diana Cutts: Opportunity Waits

August 30, 2021

Children’s HealthWatch Applauds the USDA’s Re-Evaluation of the Thrifty Food Plan

August 19, 2021

New Collaboration Targets Key Boston Neighborhoods for Health Equity Initiatives

June 15, 2021

Children’s HealthWatch Comment on the Supplemental Poverty Measure NASEM

May 28, 2021

Childhood hunger before and after COVID

May 19, 2021

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

April 27, 2021

Children’s HealthWatch Statement on ARPA and Public Charge

March 25, 2021

The 1st big bill of the Biden era is a BFD. Here’s why

March 10, 2021

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

March 3, 2021

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

September 22, 2020

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

July 29, 2020

The State of Hunger in Massachusetts

July 7, 2020

Access to High-Quality, Affordable Child Care: Strategies to Improve Health

April 27, 2020

Social safety net integral to good health, researchers find

April 7, 2020

Let’s Make Change Happen

February 25, 2020

As I See It: Healthy Incentives Program worth year-round investment

February 18, 2020

Bill designed to allow families to save, not lose assistance

February 18, 2020

Dr. Deborah Frank’s Speech Featured During SNAP Gap Lobby Day

February 13, 2020

Medicaid Doesn’t Pay For Housing. Here’s What It Can Do To Help Meet Enrollees’ Social Needs

January 21, 2020

Children’s HealthWatch’s Public Comment To Oppose USDA’s Proposed Rule On SNAP Standardization Of State Heating And Cooling Standard Utility Allowances

November 25, 2019

Effects of Maternal Homelessness, Supplemental Nutrition Programs, and Prenatal PM2.5 on Birthweight

November 21, 2019

SNAP and Working Families: Solutions for Good Health

September 19, 2019

The Foundation to Thrive: Connecting The Importance of Safe, Stable Homes with the Health and Wellbeing of Families and Children

July 10, 2019

Prenatal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children Participation: A Step Toward Human Capital Development

July 2, 2019

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

Keeping Children’s Weight on Track: A Pathway to Health and Well-Being

October 30, 2018

From Hardship to Health: Improving Food Security is Linked to Many Forms of Economic Stability

August 13, 2018

From Disparities to Discrimination Getting at the Roots of Food Insecurity in America

August 13, 2018

Report Card on Food Insecurity and Immigration: Helping Our Youngest First-Generation Americans to Thrive

February 22, 2018

Can Food Insecurity Be Reduced in the United States by Improving SNAP, WIC, and the Community Eligibility Provision?

November 17, 2017

Hidden Food Stress: Underreported in National Data

October 27, 2016

Keeping Science at the Center of Nutrition Policy

May 17, 2016

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

April 14, 2016

What is the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and why does it matter?

September 18, 2015

Born to Thrive Minnesota Summit: Growing Strong, Smart Kids through Healthy Eating and Active Play

April 3, 2015

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Investing today to create a more productive workforce tomorrow

March 27, 2015

Healing the whole child is health care innovation

October 3, 2014

Letter to USDA Secretary Vilsack Opposing Addition of White Potatoes to WIC Package

May 20, 2014

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