Our latest brief shows that most businesses within the industries that employ Latino parents with low incomes did not start or increase sick leave during the pandemic. hispanicresearchcenter.org/research-resou… #LatinoParents

NEW PAPER: The bipartisan #ChildTaxCredit expansion takes an important step toward making the credit work for children in families with low incomes, with about 16 million children benefiting in its first year. cbpp.org/research/feder…

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…

An expanded #ChildTaxCredit could have a transformative effect on the lives of 16 million children, lifting them out of poverty and providing access to essential resources.  cbpp.org/research/feder…

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:

After 31 years of #FMLA, just 57% of working parents are eligible for 6 weeks of unpaid leave—and only 40% of working parents are eligible can afford that time away from work. For Black and Hispanic working parents, FMLA availability is even worse. diversitydatakids.org/research-libra…

JUST RELEASED | New theme issue on #HousingAndHealth, including housing quality and insecurity, homelessness, health equity, and what policy interventions may successfully address challenges. Read the Editor's introduction and explore the full issue: hubs.la/Q02jV50b0

'A world apart': How racial segregation continues to determine opportunity for American kids usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

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…

First findings from the COI 3.0: Wide inequities in neighborhood opportunity exist across—and within—metro areas, and for children of different races/ethnicities. Our report shares why this matters for the health of our children and society: diversitydatakids.org/research-libra…

First findings from COI 3.0 reveal a difference in life expectancy of 6 years between typical residents in very low-opportunity neighborhoods (76 years) and in very high-opportunity neighborhoods (82 years). See the gap in your metro area: 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

Bridgeport, Connecticut; San Jose, California; and Boston have the highest overall childhood "Opportunity Score" among the country's 100 biggest metros. • McAllen, Texas; Brownsville, Texas; and Visalia, California have the lowest. trib.al/lkIbOCp

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:

Study: Texas, California towns with large Latino populations offer few childhood opportunities compared to national averages. 📊👧👦 #ChildhoodOpportunities #LatinoCommunities Read more here⬇️ latintimes.com/texas-californ…

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…