The American Families Plan is an opportunity to sustain poverty reduction
This fact sheet provides an analysis of the poverty reduction effects of a set of policy elements in President Biden’s proposed American Families Plan.
The American Rescue Plan could cut child poverty by more than half
This fact sheet projects annual poverty rates for 2021 under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, legislation to provide economic relief amidst the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Our analysis reveals a relief package containing enhanced Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, unemployment benefits, family and child care tax credits, as well as direct cash payments could cut child poverty by more than half in 2021.
Monthly poverty rates in the United States during COVID-19
This report presents monthly poverty rates in the U.S. before and throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. In contrast to measures of poverty based on a family’s annual resources, we project monthly poverty rates based on a family’s monthly resources. We find that the monthly poverty rate increased from 15% to 16.7% from February to September 2020.