Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) reintroduced their bipartisan Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act,...

In collaboration with Opportunity Starts at Home, Children’s HealthWatch developed this two-part series examining housing as a foundation for child health and well-being. The first brief explores how ...

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By removing those protections, the final rule creates confusion and uncertainty that will most likely discourage many immigrant families from seeking health care, nutrition assistance, housing support...

The new interpretation of work requirements creates too many administrative hurdles.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS:  Melissa Stek, communications consultant, melissa@mountgem.com  Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org    Washington, DC, July 9, 2026—The Tr...

As legislators weigh additional cuts to health care, they must especially consider the costs of their policy choices on the youngest members of our communities.

Shifting Geographies: Energy Insecurity in Hotter Regions  Housing, energy, and food security are tightly linked through what researchers call the “heat or eat” dilemma, a trade off in which household...

New Medicaid work rules and nearly $1 trillion in cuts to federal program spending are having spillover effects.

While cutting SNAP eligibility for children was not a stated target of H.R. 1’s proponents, the cost shift and access barriers are resulting in serious losses of food assistance for low-income childre...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS:  Melissa Stek, Communications Consultant, melissa@mountgem.com  Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org  Washington, DC, Tuesday, May 19—Throu...

Minnesota’s success is built on prioritizing children and families; a social media tax would provide revenue for programs that support them.

Although the Medicaid provisions in HR1 primarily target adults, several mechanisms in the legislation would directly and indirectly harm children.

Help pass the LIFT the BAR Act, which restores eligibility cuts, eliminates the 5-year bar, and makes other changes to ensure that immigrants can access the programs and services they need.

Vision Americans deserve guaranteed affordable healthcare. . We’re fed up with corporate profiteering that’s made healthcare so expensive for everyone, and are desperate for Congress to stand up to he...

Policy & Action of births in the US are covered by Medicaid 0 % enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP nationwide 0 M of children in the US are enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP 0 % The Importance of Healthcare Lack of health insurance is a fundamental barrier to getting care and can result in negative […]

Vision Americans deserve guaranteed affordable healthcare. . We’re fed up with corporate profiteering that’s made healthcare so expensive for everyone, and are desperate for Congress to stand up to he...

Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments regarding the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed rule “Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status,” published in the Federal Register on February 20, 2026 (RIN 2501-AE16; HUD Docket No. FR-6124-P-01). As pediatricians and public health researchers, we understand firsthand that […]

Policy & Action of births in the US are covered by Medicaid 0 % enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP nationwide 0 M of children in the US are enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP 0 % The Importance of Healthcare Lack of health insurance is a fundamental barrier to getting care and can result in negative […]

Objectives We aimed to describe young children in lower-income households with caregiver incarceration, explore incarceration-related barriers to resources, and investigate associations between Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation and health. We hypothesized that families experienced incarceration-related barriers to resources and that SNAP participation was associated with improved child outcomes. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional analysis […]

On Tuesday, April 7, Dr. Deborah Frank, MD, received the Alan Balsam Public Health Leadership Award from the Friends of Brookline Public Health. U.S. Representative Jim McGovern from the 2nd District of Massachusetts provided these video remarks for the award ceremony.

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If the administration is successful in eliminating LIHEAP, the consequences are straightforward. Arrearages will skyrocket, utility shut-offs will increase, and human suffering will intensify.

The Children Thrive Action Network along with several national and state organizations submitted the following public comment to the Department of Housing and Urban Development in response to the proposed rule on verification and eligible Read more

Food insecurity, the lack of consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life, is a persistent and pervasive public health issue in the United

According to the 2022 National Survey of Children’s Health, one in six children in the U.S. experienced housing instability. Among families with young children interviewed by Children’s HealthWatch in...

Democratizing Our Data democratizes 27 years of Children's HealthWatch data by sharing key public health information with the world.

The PROTECT Act, which would enhance civil rights and due process protections for immigrants, was among the bills supported by advocates.