🌐 Global Economy
Dec 12, 2025
The Potential for State Policies to Improve Child Food Insecurity
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The Issue:
Policies that increase the returns to working, such as the minimum wage and the earned income tax credit, can increase household economic security among the working poor, potentially reducing child food insecurity. New research is finding evidence that links these policies to reduced food insecurity among households with children and provides additional policy options at the state level for reducing childhood food insecurity.
The Facts:
Household food insecurity has been linked to a
Policies that increase the returns to working, such as the minimum wage and the earned income tax credit, can increase household economic security among the working poor, potentially reducing child food insecurity. New research is finding evidence that links these policies to reduced food insecurity among households with children and provides additional policy options at the state level for reducing childhood food insecurity.
The Facts:
Household food insecurity has been linked to a
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