The pandemic relief bill includes a child benefit package with the potential to cut child poverty to about 6% from 14%, according to projections from the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University. What are the short- and long-term implications of growing up in poverty? What can funders do to make these changes permanent?
The pandemic relief bill includes a child benefit package with the potential to cut child poverty to about 6% from 14%, according to projections from the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University. This brief webinar explores: Why child poverty is important and its impacts on children How it is measured Issues of…
This report from the Center for American Progress covers how child poverty is measured, who experiences it, major causes of child poverty, systemic inequities that compound the effects of child poverty, and recommendations for how to reduce it.
This in-depth interview from 2020 features a conversation between Ezra Klein and Representative Barbara Lee, the chair of the Majority Leader Task Force on Poverty and Opportunity. She reviews the National Academy of Science report on child poverty, including policy recommendations to reduce child poverty.
This helpful fact sheet provides an overview of the ways that the stimulus bill works to reduce child poverty, including breakdowns on impact by age and race.
This short podcast explores the “revolutionary” provisions in the stimulus bill that aim to cut child poverty in half, with a special focus on the child tax credit, an income guarantee for families with children.