The Bottom Line Since advance Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments expired in January 2022, there has been a 25% increase in food insufficiency in U.S. households with children — disproportionately affecting low-income households and people of color....
The Bottom Line Participation in Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) during pregnancy by immigrant mothers with low incomes is associated with healthier birth weights among infants born in the U.S. Context An infant’s...
The Bottom Line A temporary expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) program effectively created a monthly child allowance that may have shielded low-income families with children from the impacts of economic hardship, such as hunger. Context The economic crisis...