"Poor policies around paid family leave and options for child care create challenges for many in the United States, and that hasn’t changed post-Dobbs, said Beth Jarosz, a demographer and program director with the nonprofit Population Reference Bureau who focuses on child well-being."

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/06/health/texas-abortion-law-births/index.html

#KidsData #FamilyPlanning #Abortion #Birth #Births #BirthRates #PaidFamilyLeave #ChildTaxCredit

#FactOfTheDay: Anti-poverty tax credits are linked to declines in reports of child neglect, youth violence, and juvenile convictions.

Learn more: https://www.prb.org/resources/anti-poverty-tax-credits-linked-to-declines-in-reports-of-child-neglect-youth-violence-and-juvenile-convictions/

#TaxDay #EITC #CTC #ChildTaxCredit #ChildAbusePreventionMonth #ThrivingFamilies #ChildHealth #ChildhoodAdversity

RT @DrRitaHamad@twitter.com

Our latest paper out today @Health_Affairs@twitter.com shows mental health benefits of 2021 #ChildTaxCredit for the lowest-income families. The CTC provided monthly payments for virtually all US families to address pandemic financial hardships. https://healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00733 @RWJF@twitter.com @NIMHgov@twitter.com 1/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DrRitaHamad/status/1612560362947371008

RT @DrRitaHamad
Our latest paper out today @Health_Affairs shows mental health benefits of 2021 #ChildTaxCredit for the lowest-income families. The CTC provided monthly payments for virtually all US families to address pandemic financial hardships. https://healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00733 @RWJF @NIMHgov 1/

RT @rosadelauro@twitter.com

WATCH: I'm about to speak on the House Floor — when we conclude this rules debate, I will offer a motion to commit to add the expanded #ChildTaxCredit

It is the most effective tool we have in the fight against rising costs – an antidote to inflation.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?525240-1/house-debates-rules-package-118th-congress&live

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/rosadelauro/status/1612586401362776064

RT @RepRickLarsen@twitter.com

While Republicans are focused on helping the wealthiest Americans & richest corporations avoid audits & not pay their fair share, Democrats are focused on lowering costs for working families by restoring the expanded #ChildTaxCredit. https://twitter.com/rosadelauro/status/1612586401362776064

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RepRickLarsen/status/1612601583354667010

Our latest paper out today @Health_Affairs@twitter.com shows mental health benefits of 2021 #ChildTaxCredit for the lowest-income families. The CTC provided monthly payments for virtually all US families to address pandemic financial hardships. https://healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00733 @RWJF@twitter.com @NIMHgov@twitter.com 1/

@davidsirota #Pentagon #DefenseDepartment #Poverty #ChildPoverty #Congress #DefenseSpending #DontLookUp #Twitter #ChildTaxCredit

For each additional $1,000 in per-child EITC and CTC refund, state reports to child welfare authorities declined 5% in the five weeks following refunds.

Read more about why these programs matter:
https://prb.org/resources/anti-poverty-tax-credits-linked-to-declines-in-reports-of-child-neglect-youth-violence-and-juvenile-convictions/

#CTC #EITC #ChildTaxCredit #EarnedIncomeTaxCredit #ACEs #Children #Poverty #Equity #Families #SDoH #ChildAbuse #JuvenileConvictions #NICHDImpact #USpol

America has a powerful way to reduce #ChildPoverty & the pandemic's large-scale social experiments proved it: Expanding the #ChildTaxCredit (an advance of approx $300/month) in 2021 was the lead reason US child #poverty reached #HISTORIC lows that year.

It expired in 2021 & #Dems are fighting to save it but the #GOP has made it clear they want business #TaxCuts only, no talk of the CTC.

This is what happens when you demonize the poor.

#unjust #classist #SocialJustice

https://bit.ly/3HIGFzR

RT @lexigervis@twitter.com

Poverty isn’t an inevitability — it’s a policy choice. The #ChildTaxCredit expansion was one of the most effective antipoverty policies in a generation, and we’re calling on Congress to prioritize our children and vote #CTCNow @income_movement@twitter.com

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/lexigervis/status/1600527468267704321

RT @JECDems@twitter.com

THIS IS BIG: In 2021, the #ChildTaxCredit lifted 5.3 million people out of poverty and the child poverty rate fell from 9.7% to 5.2%.

Read the new JEC report ⤵️
https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/democrats/issue-briefs?ID=CD9DF1DD-39AF-4F31-9401-B2687B593E59

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JECDems/status/1600179145840812032

RT @rosadelauro@twitter.com

The #ChildTaxCredit reached 61 million children and lifted 4 million out of poverty.

It worked.

Let’s get it working for middle-class families once again.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/rosadelauro/status/1599868539791241216

RT @JECDems@twitter.com

NEW: In 2021, the child poverty rate was cut nearly in half and fell to record lows.

It was the largest single-year decline on record and was driven primarily by the expanded #ChildTaxCredit included in the #AmericanRescuePlan.

https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/democrats/issue-briefs?ID=CD9DF1DD-39AF-4F31-9401-B2687B593E59

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JECDems/status/1598078123211632649

For six months, the US had a program that halved child poverty—and we dumped it. #ChildTaxCredit #Poverty https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/25/us/politics/child-tax-credit.html

For six months, the US had a program that halved child poverty—and we dumped it. #ChildTaxCredit #Poverty https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/25/us/politics/child-tax-credit.html

RT @DorisMatsui@twitter.com

TODAY is the last day to claim your 2022 #ChildTaxCredit. The CTC has helped combat rising costs for millions of families in Sacramento and across the country.

The form only takes 15 minutes to complete, so don’t hesitate and visit http://getctc.org.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DorisMatsui/status/1592607597043281922

RT @gregnasif@twitter.com

What do ya know, stimulus checks and the #ChildTaxCredit reduced opioid deaths: https://read.dukeupress.edu/demography/article/doi/10.1215/00703370-9772414/294528/Unemployment-Insurance-and-Opioid-Overdose

Turns out reducing stress keeps people away from self-harm:

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/gregnasif/status/1498282480742318083

RT @RepRabb@twitter.com

#ChildTaxCredit https://twitter.com/iteptweets/status/1481646725328633860

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RepRabb/status/1481646866043269131

#YourCall: #Manchin blocks
#BuildBackBetter. What's next for the
#childtaxcredit, #universalpreK,
#prescriptiondrugcosts, & more? https://www.kalw.org/podcast/your-call/2021-12-20/manchin-blocks-build-back-better
#KALW

#ManchinRESIGN
#FuckJoeManchin
#hater
#bigot