needs, money on hand, use of friends and family for assistance, and employment) of families and children with very low … Child Tax Credit (CTC), which provided monthly, unconditional cash payments to families with children from July to December …. We find some evidence that the credit reduced medical hardships, reduced reliance on friends and family for food, and …

studies reveal about its impacts on family investment mechanisms and children's outcomes. We specifically highlight gaps in …Children represent the largest indirect beneficiaries of the U.S. social welfare system. Yet, many questions remain … about the direct benefits of cash aid to children. The current understanding of the impacts of cash aid in the U.S. is drawn …

on U.S. households with children, who faced income disruptions from widespread jobs and hours cuts in addition to new … nationally representative datasets and finds: 1) families with children were more likely to benefit from pandemic student loan … relief than those without children, but this relief was concentrated among higher-income and White families and 2) there were …

children and infants. A rationale for expansion of smoke-free laws implicitly presumes that potential public health gains from … reducing adult cigarette consumption and declines in adult ETS exposure extend to children. However, if smokers compensate by … these policies may have a harmful effect on children and infants. This study provides estimates of how comprehensive smoking …