
Megan Curran
@meganacurran
Social policy researcher @CpspPoverty. Interests: int'l child & family policy, poverty reduction, gender, rights. Views are my own.
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28-11-2011 16:56:46
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En la mesa redonda 1⃣ hemos hablado sobre comedores escolares en una red más amplia de políticas contra la pobreza infantil: 🗨️👇🏽 🔹Rosa DeLauro 🔹Andrés Conde 🔹Andrea Magarini Pellini 🔹David Harris 🔹Anne-Catherine Guio Moderados por Megan Curran.


Child Poverty is a Policy Decision With Megan Curran and Sophie Collyer w/ Center on Poverty & Social Policy (CPSP) on Speaking of Kids Podcast podcast powered by First Focus on Children on Children bit.ly/3P2uXDd #CutChildPoverty #ChildTaxCredit


Don’t miss this new podcast with awesome Center on Poverty & Social Policy (CPSP) researchers Megan Curran & Sophie Collyer

In this brief, Megan Curran, David Harris, & Christopher Wimer (Center on Poverty & Social Policy (CPSP)) explain payment timing inequities for newborns in past/current #ChildTaxCredit versions & solutions with the 2023 American Family Act for the 2025 tax debate. Learn more: scholars.org/contribution/e…


🍼The Child Tax Credit's Return on Investment💵 $3.6k per year for children under age 6 & $3k for older kids, paid in monthly installments. Center on Poverty & Social Policy (CPSP) found that for every $1 dollar spent on CTC, it returns $10 in economic benefits. (1/4)🧵


💵Kamala Harris has called for an expanded Child Tax Credit in her economic agenda. In this brief, Megan Curran, David Harris, & Christopher Wimer (Center on Poverty & Social Policy (CPSP)) explain payment timing inequities for newborns in past & current #CTC versions. Read now: scholars.org/contribution/e…



Happy to share my 1st oped as a Public Voices Fellow w The OpEd Project NBCDI 📝reviewing the robust evidence on why the CTC works, cc: Center on Poverty & Social Policy (CPSP) New in Newsweek: "Kamala Harris Calls For 'No Child To Live in Poverty' -- The #ChildTaxCredit Can Help" newsweek.com/kamala-harris-…

Great piece from Megan Curran. In case you forgot, we cut child poverty in half in 2021. Food insecurity dropped by 25%. Parents stopped selling blood plasma. Children's emergency room visits went down. People could afford the basics. We can do it again. newsweek.com/kamala-harris-…


Must read piece by Megan Curran on the need to bring back the expanded #CTC to ensure no child lives in poverty. "What we achieved in 2021 offers a policy roadmap for the future...And the power of what is possible when we center people in policy." newsweek.com/kamala-harris-…

"What we achieved in 2021 offers a policy roadmap for the future—how we can support children no matter their family income or family circumstances. And the power of what is possible when we center people in policy." - Megan Curran, #PublicVoices fellow on Racial Justice in Early

Megan Curran, #PublicVoicesFellow in partnership with The OpEd Project, delves into the need for cash to help cover the costs of raising children and the transformative impact of reducing or eradicating child poverty in her latest piece. Read here: bit.ly/3yZbuhR


I am thrilled to announce that our ANNALS Volume on the 2021 Child Tax Credit dropped today! Open access for the full volume is available! Thanks to my Co-editors Zach Parolin Megan Curran and the star studded cast of authors. journals.sagepub.com/toc/anna/710/1

What do the Census poverty numbers released today reveal? Child poverty @ 13.7%. Had an expanded Child Tax Credit been in effect in 2023, it could have been 8.6%. And could have kept an additional 3.6 MILLION CHILDREN out of poverty. Read our new research→povertycenter.columbia.edu/publication/wh…

New findings from Center on Poverty & Social Policy (CPSP) finds that an expanded #ChildTaxCredit would have kept an additional 3.6 million children from experiencing poverty in 2023. #EndChildPoverty Child Poverty Action Group - USA povertycenter.columbia.edu/publication/wh…

Kamala Harris put a spotlight on her plans to expand the Child Tax Credit during last nights debate. In this brief, Megan Curran, David Harris, & Christopher Wimer of Center on Poverty & Social Policy (CPSP) give context to past & current #CTC plans. #Debate2024 ➡️Learn more: scholars.org/contribution/e…


What did we learn from the 2021 Child Tax Credit expansion? What's next for the CTC? Join us online on Jan. 30 for this The Hamilton Project event to discuss findings from our recent ANNALS volume w/ Hilary Hoynes & Megan Curran. See the all-star lineup below! hamiltonproject.org/event/taking-o…
