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Center on Poverty and Social Policy
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Producing actionable research at the intersection of poverty and social policy at Columbia University.
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The govt has discontinued USDA food security data—and with the shutdown delaying the 2024 report, we’re losing vital insight into food insecurity in America.
Our Research Director Sophie Collyer introduces a new model to predict food insecurity rates. povertycenter.columbia.edu/publication/...
Predicting National Rates of Food Insecurity in the Absence of Official Data Collection | Center on Poverty and Social Policy
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Join Our Team: The Center on Poverty and Social Policy is hiring a Research Analyst to support actionable research on poverty and social policy in the United States. Apply today!
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Join the Team! | Center on Poverty and Social Policy
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📊 New research:
Local governments have the power to lift thousands of children out of poverty.
Our new report with @itep.org, supported by Share Our Strength, shows how local Child Tax Credits could cut child poverty by 25–50% in cities across the US.
Read the full findings:
The Potential of Local Child Tax Credits to Reduce Child Poverty | Center on Poverty and Social Policy
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📢 New report: Pathways to Reduce Child #Poverty: Impacts of Federal Tax Credits. The report explores the expanded #Child Tax Credit and #EITC in 2021 which lifted 2M+ kids out of poverty. 📘 Explore the report: buff.ly/r6GQLLU
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How is the rising cost of living impacting New Yorkers? Our latest Poverty Tracker data shows:
🔹 76% cut back on necessities & savings
🔹 56% reduced food purchases
🔹 49% reduced utilities or transportation

NYC’s affordability crisis extends well above the poverty line.
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Data Snapshot: How is the rising cost of living impacting New Yorkers? - Robin Hood
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—>Explore & connect with our team if you’d like to dig deeper!
Wrap up from last week: Census poverty data is out & our team pulled together fresh analyses:

Asking what child poverty could have looked like in 2024 if we had an expanded Child Tax Credit similar to 2021 in place? What if we had the OBBBA CTC?
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What Could 2024 Child Poverty Rates Have Looked Like Had an Expanded Child Tax Credit Still Been in Place? | Center on Poverty and Social Policy
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📢 Just out: Our team mapped how tax credits & transfers reduce poverty in each state in recent years. 📊 This provides an important baseline for understanding the critical role of programs like SNAP amidst growing state budget pressures post-OBBBA.
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The Role of Tax Credits and Transfers in Reducing State-Level Poverty: A 50-State Analysis | Center on Poverty and Social Policy
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🔎📊Our new series tracks poverty from 1967–2024 across four measures. Poverty dropped 30–50% with constant living standards, but rose 20% on a relative scale. One constant: safety net policies now cut poverty nearly in half. Full brief: povertycenter.columbia.edu/series/2024-...
Series: 2024 Poverty Rates in Historical Perspective Series | Center on Poverty and Social Policy
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📊Census released its 2024 poverty report📊Poverty is similar to 2023: 43.7mil people (~13%), incl 9.7mil children (>13%), lived in Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) poverty. The SPM captures policy effects & we have new research using this data. Up 1st:🔎how 2024 compares to historical poverty trends
Tomorrow is an important data day 📆 Census Bureau’s annual income & poverty data release 📊 We'll have same-day analysis on:

🔎how 2024 compares to historical poverty trends
🔎safety net impacts on state poverty
🔎what child poverty COULD have been w/different policy (ex: expanded Child Tax Credit)
📰 WaPo op-ed from our team on how the big tax bill's Child Tax Credit benefits those better off & leaves 1 in 3 children behind. "This would be a bad investment—spending money where it produces the smallest return. We can—and should—make different decisions."
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Opinion | The GOP wants to expand the child tax credit — but not for poor kids
Even a proposal meant to benefit children would cut out low-income households.
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📖 BOOK LAUNCH 📖 Join the @povertycenter.bsky.social on June 5 at 2 pm ET for the launch of IGP Affiliated Faculty Member Jane Waldfogel’s new book, ‘Child Benefits–A Smart Investment for America's Future.’

Register for the webinar here: povertycenter.columbia.edu/events/book-...
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