Our latest paper out today @Health_Affairs shows mental health benefits of 2021 #ChildTaxCredit for the lowest-income families. The CTC provided monthly payments for virtually all US families to address pandemic financial hardships. healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.13… @RWJF @NIMHgov 1/ 
We also found that CTC had larger benefits for Black & Hispanic families, who suffered even greater economic & health burdens during the pandemic. This translates into important reductions in disparities for families of poorest children. @ia4phs @ChildDefender @ChildrensHW 2/
Unfortunately, Congress did not renew CTC in Dec 2021. Other studies found worse food insecurity since then. US is among the only high-income countries not to provide basic income support for families with kids. jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… @JuliaRaifman @shaferpr @OppforHealthLab 3/
US and state policymakers interested in renewing or expanding the CTC can rely on studies like ours for evidence that it worked at improving hardships and health consequences for poor families. healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.13… @BLeeForCongress @RoKhanna @hakeemjeffries @GavinNewsom 4/
Finally, thanks to @uscensusbureau for making available the Household Pulse Survey for studies like ours. And thanks to @UCSF_Epibiostat student @AkanshaBatra3 and @UCSF_IHPS team member @k_andreujackson for their work on this project! @ucsfcvp @UCSFFamilyMed @OppforHealthLab 5/5
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