Covid-19 Has Exacerbated Child Poverty, Forcing A Long Overdue Policy Focus
“Before Covid-19, the poverty rate in America had been on a slow decline, but the pandemic has stalled—if not reversed—that progress. Among the hardest hit are children from low-income families, where school closures and the high cost of childcare forced previously employed parents to give up their jobs and income to care for their kids. This vicious cycle of poverty among parents and children is becoming an important part of the policy debate in the US and President Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic stimulus plan.”