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JUNE 2024
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FCD's New Policy Paper on Halving Child Poverty and More: Pandemic-Era Lessons

Insights from advocates, organizers, community leaders, and parents illuminate the path forward.

The Foundation for Child Development releases Cutting Child Poverty in Half and More: Pandemic-Era Lessons From Child and Family Advocates and Organizers ([link removed]) .
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This new policy paper delves into the chronic underinvestment in children in the United States and highlights the essential link between parents’ well-being and children’s prospects. It provides a comprehensive analysis of pandemic-era policies, identifying key measures that contributed most to reducing child poverty and examining the varied state responses to longstanding failures to invest in young children’s health, care, nutrition, and housing, among other gaps, providing a blueprint for future permanent solutions.

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In 2020-21, the U.S. achieved a monumental, yet temporary, milestone by enacting federal policy reforms that halved child poverty and uplifted low-income families, including immigrant families and families of color, amidst a global pandemic. These unprecedented reforms, though now largely ended, provide valuable lessons for future policy efforts.

Key highlights include:
* Newly analyzed data, presented here for the first time, on poverty among young children.
* A summary of ongoing policy changes, as the attention to national policies drove new legislation in dozens of states.
* A recommendation to address equity given the huge share of U.S. children living in Texas, Florida, and other Southern states that are not enacting pro-family policies while other states are.
* Insights into parent and worker organizing, coalition-building, and sustaining advocacy over time arranged into 5 lessons for advocacy, philanthropy, and public action.

Learn More and Read the Full Policy Paper ([link removed])
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