American Rescue Plan

Addressing Child Poverty Beyond the Pandemic

Development Manager Johnisha Levi wrote an article for Yes! Media on the American Rescue Plan’s potential to reduce child poverty in the United States. The plan seeks to uplift American families suffering from the economic impacts of COVID-19 with a series of cash transfers and expansion of benefits. While the focus of the bill is specifically COVID-19 relief, it has potential to have lasting impacts on childhood poverty and hunger in our country.