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Cash Assistance to Mothers Boosted Infants’ Brain Activity, Study Shows

Danilo Trisi Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Early neuro-imaging results provide powerful new evidence of what so many other studies have found — a more secure and adequate family income alters children’s lives in concrete ways and expands their opportunities to succeed and thrive.

'Clock Is Ticking' on the Child Tax Credit

Julia Conley Common Dreams
"Anyone who thinks that we should cut that back and tell millions and millions of working parents that they're not going to have the money they need to raise their children with dignity, I think that's a terrible mistake."

Pandemic Aid Programs Spur a Record Drop in Poverty

Jason DeParle New York Times
The most comprehensive study yet of the federal response to the pandemic shows huge but temporary benefits for the poor — and helps frame a larger debate over the role of government.

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