What Expiring Financial Supports, Rising Prices Mean for Child Food Security

Photo of a parent and three children in their kitchen having breakfast.

Changes in public assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic lifted thousands of Americans out of hunger. Households with children and those receiving food stamps were the main beneficiaries of increased tax credits, funding for social programs, and food assistance.

But in 2022, as such supports expired, food security dropped significantly. Pandemic financial benefits ended, 17 states withdrew from receiving extra support from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and food prices spiked across the country.

Read PRB’s research highlight.

Explore California strategies to improve children’s food security on KidsData.


Children’s Health Resources

Other Recent Work at PRB

New articles by PRB researchers and partners examine:

State Policy Considerations to Support Equitable Systems of Care for CYSHCN

A new brief by the National Academy for State Health Policy highlights three areas in which states are promoting equitable access to care for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN): data collection, sharing, use, and quality; access to providers and specialists; and supports for family caregivers.

PACEs in California Data Report: CHIS, 2021

The California Essentials for Childhood Initiative and All Children Thrive California have released a new report on positive and adverse childhood experiences (PACEs) among California adults, based on data from the 2021 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).

Undercounts of Young Children in the 2020 Census

The U.S. Census Bureau has released new estimates of 2020 Census undercounts and overcounts for children ages 0 to 4 at the state and county level. Previously, the Census Bureau estimated that, nationally, young children were undercounted by 5.4% in the 2020 Census. California’s undercount rate, 7.8%, was among the highest of any state in the nation.

Posted by kidsdata.org

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 25th, 2024 at 10:05 am. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Post a comment/question: