Dear John, 

In this week's newsletter:

• Profile of Children in Immigrant Families
• Georgetown CCF Spotlights Medicaid Survey
• IRS Direct File Pilot

The Annie E. Casey Foundation, an authority on data concerning the nation’s children, recently updated its profile of children in immigrant families. In addition to basic demographic information, the update touches on income and poverty, housing, education, and other issues relevant to our work.

Read on the Foundation Site

Many thanks to our partners at the Georgetown Center for Children and Families for posting about PIF’s recent Medicaid unwinding survey on CCF’s Say Ahhh! blog. The post nicely summarizes the research, which found that most Spanish-speakers in immigrant families had heard little or nothing about Medicaid “unwinding,” faced significant misinformation, and had persistent public charge concerns.

Read on the CCF Blog

Just in time for tax day, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service has launched a pilot of its new Direct File resource. Available to families in Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming, the pilot will help the IRS decide whether to expand the service nationwide. According to our partners at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), using Direct File could save families more than $150 and 9 hours every year. Thanks to CBPP for sharing this important news, as well as some sample outreach materials (in English and Spanish) partners can use  to help spread the word and make the pilot a success. And for people who do not have a Social Security number, consider sharing PIF’s Individual Taxpayer ID Number (ITIN) toolkit.

Direct File Outreach Materials

Visit our website at www.pifcoalition.org

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe.