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Supporting children and families through the pandemic, and after: The case for a
US child allowance
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Curran MA
; Minoff E
Soc Sci Humanit Open
2020[]; 2
(1
): 100040
PMID34173487
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The COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated a contraction in economic activity that is
unprecedented in both its nature and speed. In doing so, it has exposed who is
protected and supported by modern welfare states, and who is not. While the US
has a relatively robust set of social insurance and assistance programs for older
Americans and working-age Americans who become unemployed or disabled, it lacks -
in contrast to many other wealthy nations - a comparably strong universal or
wide-reaching mechanism to support families with children. The US emergency
relief packages enacted to date will undoubtedly mitigate the economic effects of
the current crisis for many families, but because this legislation relies on the
existing social policy infrastructure, its intended cash relief reinforces
current inequalities and underserves families with children, with a particular
impact on immigrant families and families of color. To protect all families with
children through the immediate crisis and beyond, existing gaps and inequities in
the US social safety net must be addressed. The creation of a national US child
allowance offers a concrete and evidence-based way in which to do so. This
analysis outlines key shortcomings in the existing system of US public support
for families with children, the ways in which these shortcomings have been
exacerbated in the COVID-19 economic response package to date, and how a national
child allowance can provide the immediate relief families need during the
pandemic and the unfolding economic downturn, as well as lay the foundation for
positive health and development for all children in the years to follow.
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