diversitydatakids
@diversitydataki
Data for a diverse and equitable future. Measuring child wellbeing and conducting policy analysis to document opportunity and equity among U.S. children.
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Proposed child tax credit expansion would lift half a million children out of poverty by 2025, reports Gabriella Cruz Yahoo Finance. finance.yahoo.com/news/proposed-…
For low-income parents working nontraditional hours, #childcare is hard to find. Thrilled to share DDK researchers Kate Giapponi Schneider & Elizabeth Wong were selected as Visiting Fellows Boston Fed to study improving access to care for these families. bostonfed.org/careers/additi…
The new proposed expansions to the #ChildTaxCredit would help reduce child poverty equitably, especially for our poorest families and Black and Hispanic families. Thread from Dolores Acevedo-Garcia:
Key features of the new COI 3.0: ⭐️Data for every U.S. neighborhood (census tract) ⭐️Data for every year 2012-2021 ⭐️New indicators incl. measures of broadband access, housing quality & social capital ⭐️Improved measures of green space & school quality diversitydatakids.org/research-libra…
What we're reading: New report from FPG Institute uses the Child Opportunity Index to identify policies & strategies to mitigate racial & economic inequities in early care and education. Neighborhood-based tools can help generate policy solutions in #ECE equity-coalition.fpg.unc.edu/resource/start…
National Public Health Week Prioritizing health equity is at the forefront of everything we do at RWJF. The Child Opportunity Index can be used to inform policies to ensure every child has access to quality education, safe housing, and nutritious food. (1/2) #NPHWChat diversitydatakids.org/child-opportun…
A data visualizer from diversitydatakids shows that compared to White and Asian children, Black and Hispanic children tend to live in neighborhoods with far fewer resources for healthy development. Check out your own city here: diversitydatakids.org/research-libra… #equity
In a collaboration with Center on Poverty & Social Policy (CPSP), we find that, due to restrictive eligibility requirements, government transfers & tax credits exacerbate the Latino-White child poverty gap, widening racial/ethnic inequities. Check out our new brief:
A big thank you to https://linktr.ee/john_dickerson for chattering about the Child Opportunity Index in this week's episode! Check out how neighborhood resources differ between and within metros—and why that matters for healthy child development: diversitydatakids.org/child-opportun…