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Title: National Snapshot: Poverty Among Women & Families

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Publication Year: 2023

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Abstract: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic precipitated devastating losses in employment and earnings; in the economic recovery since those initial losses, pandemic relief programs prevented millions from falling into poverty. The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), passed in March 2021 in response to the pandemic, provided additional resources to individuals and families in the forms of stimulus checks, emergency rental assistance, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) increases, and expansions in unemployment insurance, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the Child Tax Credit, among other policies.1 Families with children have largely benefited from these additional support systems, with child poverty rates dropping to a record low in 2021.

Url: https://nwlc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2023_nwlc_PovertySnapshot-converted-1.pdf

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Authors: Sun, Shengwei

Publisher: National Women's Law Center

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Topics: Family and Marriage, Poverty and Welfare

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