As New Yorkers struggle to afford food, they face compounding hardships and health challenges
This Poverty Tracker report shows how food hardship increased from 2021 to 2022 and shares “Sofia’s Story” and others on how commonly it overlaps with and compounds other hardships and health challenges.
CPSP researchers highlight poverty spike among new mothers and show how a ‘birth grant’ can help
In a new research note in Demography, CPSP researchers highlight the high poverty rates new mothers face and the need for public programs to do more to protect them. A companion policy brief models the anti-poverty effects of a one-time $1,800 cash birth grant to mothers and shows that this could nearly eradicate poverty among mothers in the month of their child’s birth.
Researchers find global public spending on children is “too little, and too late”
This joint report by researchers at UNICEF Innocenti, the Center on Poverty and Social Policy, and the University of York Policy Engine is a global analysis on how public money is spent on children and how countries can build better child policy portfolios.
Food assistance can disrupt intergenerational poverty: New CPSP analysis featured in Washington Center for Equitable Growth series on US inequality and mobility
In this working paper released by the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, CPSP researchers find that food assistance can disrupt intergenerational poverty in the United States and help promote racial economic equity.
(Re)Drawing the Line: A Case for Updating the Poverty Measure
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recommends that the Supplemental Poverty Measure be updated in recognition of the needs most American families face such as medical care, childcare, and housing costs.
How did the anti-poverty impact of the Child Tax Credit vary by state? New analysis featured in Brookings-Hamilton Project series on US child poverty
In this report published by The Hamilton Project at The Brookings Institution, CPSP affiliate Bradley Hardy and CPSP researchers examine the state variation in poverty reduction effects of the 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit. The greatest level of poverty reduction was seen in states with relatively lower costs of living and higher pre-expansion poverty rates.
Government initiatives cut child poverty in New York City in 2021, but many policies are no longer in effect
This year’s Poverty Tracker report spotlights the temporary pandemic relief programs that dramatically — but only briefly — brought child poverty in New York City to historic lows. The reduction in poverty rates highlighted in the report shows that government policy can be an effective poverty-fighting tool.