(Re)Drawing the Line: A Case for Updating the Poverty Measure
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recommends that the Supplemental Poverty Measure be updated in recognition of the needs most American families face such as medical care, childcare, and housing costs.
Childcare was unaffordable for half of New Yorkers before pandemic
The Early Childhood Poverty Tracker data provide a window into how families–especially low-income parents–managed their child care needs before the onset of the pandemic. We find that child care was unaffordable for half of New Yorkers and discuss the need to build a better and more accessible care infrastructure after the crisis.