Predicted but no less stunning decline (9.7% to 5.2%) in child poverty (using Census Bureau's preferred alternative poverty measure) from 2020-2021 driven largely by enhanced #ChildTaxCredit, which Congress failed to extend. No single transfer program did more to keep children--5.3 million people overall, a majority of whom were children--out of poverty in 2021 than the enhanced #ChildTaxCredit

The Trump Administration has proposed Medicaid block grants. They say they believe this structure is more effective. That explains why they've proposed multiple cuts to the TANF block grant & elimination of the Social Services Block Grant. Beware of the long-term strategy... 1/X As evidenced by their revealed preferences, the Far Right plans to convert social insurance programs into targeted ones, re-structure guaranteed targeted ines into block grants that fail to match need, & eliminate block grants. Rinse & repeat as programs move down the chain. 2/X