RESEARCH & REFERENCES

"Several strands of research over the past twenty years have helped form a consensus among leading academics that cash income spent by parents can reduce disadvantages for children significantly. The research has partly been based on experiments when some poor groups have suddenly had access to more money than others, due, for example, to increases in the generosity of federal social programs."

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March 2023

These 4 Tax-Hungry States Give Parents A Break With Child Tax Credits

March 2023

New Child Tax Credit Offers Financial Support to Families With Young Children

Jan 2023

Effects Of The 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit On Adults' Mental Health: A Quasi-Experimental Study

February 2023

Racial Disparities in Childhood Adversity Linked to Brain Structural Differences in U.S. Children

January 2022

WHY ARE WE TORCHING OUR BEST TOOL TO END CHILD POVERTY?

(September 2014)

Baltimore City’s Investments in Children and Families: A Review of Outcomes, Best Practices, and Financing for Baltimore’s Promise

2019

National Academies: A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty

(August 2022)

The Century Foundation: Keeping Up With Inflation

(April 2022)

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Child Tax Credit Has a Critical Role in Helping Families Maintain Economic Stability

(October 2022)

In These Times: To Win in the Midterms, Democrats Should Go All In on Reviving the Child Tax Credit