ICYMI, there's a new IRP Fast Focus Brief by James Ziliak of UKCPR and Robert Moffitt of Johns Hopkins University on how the U.S. safety net can be more responsive to economic downturns like the #COVID19 crisis. irp.wisc.edu/resource/makin…

If you don’t have income, you can still file taxes now to receive your #ChildTaxCredit – That’s $300 a month for every child 0-5 and $250 for every child 6-17 starting in July! File by May 17 & get free filing help here: irs.treasury.gov/freetaxprep/

P-EBT will be extended to cover nutritional needs of children in low-income families during this summer, but as of this April, most distance-learning disadvantaged students still received school meals via pickup. How will we track gaps in access to ensure food needs are met?

What do SNAP work requirements achieve? A new study finds they have no effects on employment. They do cut SNAP participation by 53% among adults subject to the work requirements, with particularly steep decreases for individuals experiencing homelessness. nber.org/papers/w28877

10. The main driver of this difference is the inclusion of stimulus payments in 2020. In the absence of stimulus payments, the overall SPM rate would have been 12.7%, which was higher than the official measure.

More than 1 in 5 (21.2%) opposite-sex U.S. couples who lived together in 2021 had at least one partner who had children with multiple partners. Read more about multiple partner #fertility among opposite-sex couples. ▶️ census.gov/library/storie… #AmericaCounts #CensusData