Economic Security Polices That Support Families Generate Positive Impacts
Posted by Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity on March 17, 2026
As safety net programs that support families continue to be a topic of fierce debate in Congress, a recent report by PolicyLab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), produced in partnership with the Maternity Care Coalition, entitled “Advancing Intergenerational Mobility Through Early Childhood Economic Security,” looked at the existing evidence for the impact of host of programs such as Medicaid, food and nutrition services and housing supports.
In our latest exclusive, Spotlight spoke with one of the report’s authors, Emma Golub, a policy analyst at PolicyLab at CHOP. Said Golub: “There’s a growing body of research that tells us that economic security policies that support pregnant people, infants and toddlers and their families generate positive impacts. But the evidence is not broadly understood and inaccurate narratives about poverty persist that hinder policy change.”
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