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Latest News
Some Hospitals Prescribe Food, Take Other Steps to Fight Food Insecurity
December 8, 2015
Children's HealthWatch was featured in a US News & World Report article on how health care organizations are addressing hunger among patients. Read more →
Grow Clinic benefit has a healthy turnout
November 25, 2015
Hundreds of locals gathered at the Mandarin on Monday for... Read more →
The Hidden Costs of Hunger We All Pay For
November 24, 2015
Hunger and food insecurity in the United States cost us... Read more →
Latest Publications
The Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit: Prescriptions for Healthy Families
November 23, 2015
Together, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax... Read more
Diluting the Dose: Cuts to SNAP benefits increased food insecurity following the Great Recession
September 9, 2015
Diluting the Dose: Cuts to SNAP benefits increased food insecurity... Read more
August 31, 2015
Over two million children in the United States under the... Read more
Latest Blog Posts
Using data to improve the lives of children and their families
October 27, 2015
Each year the U.S. Census Bureau releases data on the state of poverty in the United States.... Read more
What is the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and why does it matter?
September 18, 2015
When I took my 7-month-old daughter, Beatrice, to daycare today I received an application for... Read more
Closing the Gap: One Policy Solution to Improve Child Health and School Readiness
August 13, 2015
Emily, a mother and member of Witnesses to Hunger, whose son benefited from the Special... Read more
