How Would a Child Allowance Impact Child Poverty in America?

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, close to one in three children in the United States lived in or near poverty. Federal relief such as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act has the potential to stop the worst of the projected poverty increases, but has failed to provide enough aid for children and families. With key income support provisions of the CARES Act set to expire at the end of July, there is an increased urgency surrounding calls to include a cash support for children delivered on a regular, ongoing basis in the next round of stimulus packages.

Join us on Tuesday, July 21 at 11:00 a.m. EST as leading national experts discuss a forthcoming report on how child poverty could be reduced if the United States adopted a child allowance modeled on Canada’s successful Child Benefit.


Presented by The Century Foundation’s Bernard L. Schwartz Rediscovering Government Initiative and the Columbia University Center on Poverty and Social Policy.