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This week at CBPP, we focused on family income support, food assistance, the economy, and health.

• On family income support, Lisa A. Gennetian and Katherine Magnuson provided three reasons why giving cash to families with low incomes is a sound policy investment for families and children.
• On food assistance, Michele Ver Ploeg and Chen Zhen explained how changes in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit levels affect food spending and diet quality. Joseph Llobrera described how boosting SNAP benefits would increase spending on groceries and improve the nutritional quality of food purchases.
• On the economy, we updated our chart book tracking the post-Great Recession expansion. We also updated our backgrounder on how many weeks of unemployment compensation are currently available.
• On health, we updated our fact sheet summarizing federal government provisions that have expanded access to COVID-19 testing, vaccinations, and treatments.

Chart of the Week — Distribution of Cash Benefits Reduced Monthly Child Poverty in Pandemic

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A variety of news outlets featured CBPP’s work and experts this past week. Here are some of the highlights:

Millions More Americans Could Afford Food Because of the Child Tax Credit, New Study Shows
Fatherly
May 12, 2022

The end of Roe will mean more children living in poverty
Vox
May 12, 2022

We Pay to Keep the Old Out of Poverty. Why Won’t We Do the Same for the Young?
The New York Times
May 7, 2022

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