Center for Social Policy in Practice
| Publication | Category | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| New Data Show One-in-Six Children Were Poor Before COVID-19 Pandemic New American Community Survey (ACS) data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on September 17, 2020 show child poverty at 16.8 percent in 2019, down from 18 percent in 2018. Sub-national patterns in child poverty remain intact; for example, higher in rural and urban… |
Center for Social Policy in Practice | Children, Poverty |
| COVID-19 Didn’t Create a Child Care Crisis, But Hastened and Inflamed It In this new Carsey Perspective, authors Jess Carson and Marybeth Mattingly describe the ways that the COVID-19 pandemic has strained the nation’s already-fragile early childhood care systems. Child care providers are struggling to address revenue losses associated… |
Center for Social Policy in Practice, COVID-19 | Child Care, Children, COVID-19, Family, Unemployment |
| Affordability Challenges Drive Food Insufficiency in the Pandemic In this data snapshot, authors Jess Carson and Sarah Boege find that getting food is a problem for people experiencing food insufficiency during the pandemic, but affording food is the biggest challenge.
|
Center for Social Policy in Practice, COVID-19 | COVID-19, Food Assistance, Low Income, Poverty |
| Innovation in Food Access Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered income losses and rising demand for food-related support, while social distancing requirements have complicated access to usual nutrition support sites. In response, government agencies, private retailers, nonprofit organizations,… |
Center for Social Policy in Practice, COVID-19 | COVID-19, Food Assistance, Safety Net |
| Rural Areas with Seasonal Homes Hit Hard by COVID-19 In this data snapshot, author Jess Carson finds that rural counties where at least 25 percent of the housing units are for seasonal use are hit especially hard by COVID-19 compared with urban and other kinds of rural counties.
|
Center for Social Policy in Practice, COVID-19 | Community Development, COVID-19, Economic Development, Rural |
| The Poverty-Reducing Effects of the EITC and Other Safety Nets for Young Adult Parents In this brief, Jess Carson explores the poverty-reducing effects of key federal safety net programs among 18-24 year old (“young adult”) parents.
|
Center for Social Policy in Practice, COVID-19 | Child Care, Children, COVID-19, Family, Food Assistance, Low Income, Safety Net, Young Adults |
| Free and Reduced-Price Lunch Eligibility by New Hampshire State Legislative District This brief translates New Hampshire free and reduced-price lunch eligibility data from the school level to the state House of Representatives legislative district level so that legislators have another resource for understanding the distribution of low-income… |
Center for Social Policy in Practice, New Hampshire | Children, Food Assistance, Low Income, New Hampshire, Poverty, Safety Net |
