The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other ...

I study how paid family leave impacts the health of parents. When I gave birth, I became one of my own statistics.

The ongoing government shutdown and the major cuts to SNAP are devastating, but community groups and state politicians are stepping up to fill some of the gaps.

Abstract. The United States is the only high-income country without a national paid family leave (PFL) policy, although several states have implemented pol

I study how paid family leave impacts the health of parents. When I gave birth, I became one of my own statistics.

Local governments have a critical role to play in reducing child poverty. Local Child Tax Credits could provide large tax cuts to families at the bottom of the income scale, lessening the overall regr...

Substantial cuts to SNAP would mean households with low incomes in every state would lose support they need to put food on the table, worsening food insecurity and hardship.

Background Unpaid carers deliver critical social care. We aimed to examine differences by ethnicity in (1) profiles of unpaid caring and (2) associations between caring and physical and mental health ...

For some time there has been concern about the mental and physical health effects of being a young carer. Research has shown  these young people are more likely to come from lower income households…

Background Unpaid carers deliver critical social care. We aimed to examine differences by ethnicity in (1) profiles of unpaid caring and (2) associations between caring and physical and mental health ...

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