“You can’t think forward if you’re constantly scrabbling for the moment.” @baystatebanner.bsky.social's story about the @publichealth.boston.gov and Northeastern IHESJR summit our ED @stephanieedc.bsky.social attended on the social determinants of mental health: baystatebanner.com/2025/10/29/a...

Our Executive Director @stephanieedc.bsky.social discusses the harms that will come from SNAP cuts in today's @bostonglobe.com: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/19/o...

Even if SNAP is fully funded, cuts to the program will harm child and family health across Massachusetts—and the country. Learn more in a @bostonglobe.com letter to the editor by Executive Director @stephanieedc.bsky.social anieedc.bsky.social, PhD, MPH: childrenshealthwatch.org/federal-snip...

As Medicaid cuts loom and Congress struggles to put together a viable health care plan, the well-being of children and their families hangs in the balance. Earlier this year, @stephanieedc.bsky.social talked to @triplepundit.bsky.social about those cuts—and their consequences.

In our latest blog, Executive Director @stephanieedc.bsky.social explains why expanding the "public charge" rule "should alarm anyone who cares about children’s health and our nation’s future." Read the blog: childrenshealthwatch.org/expanding-th...

[8] “Forced separations & family displacement destabilize families economically, depriving children of basic human needs—food, shelter, & safety—compounding health harms. Congress must stand up for children & refuse to fund cruelty.” Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, @childrenshw.bsky.social

[1] Today, children’s advocacy organizations called on Congress to reject additional federal funding for Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE). childrenthriveaction.org/2026/01/chil...

Our executive director @stephanieedc.bsky.social spoke to @devongray.bsky.social of End Poverty in California about the threats posed to families by looming Medicaid cuts in this new article from @triplepundit.bsky.social: triplepundit.com/2025/medicai...

STORY: ORANGE MAN LIE AGAIN OLD WAY: “CRITICS SAY STATEMENT MAY BE MISLEADING.” ANIMAL WAY: HIT KICK DRUM, YELL “LIE!” HIT TAMBOURINE, WHISPER “but other side lie too” IN SOFTEST MIKE JOHNSON VOICE.

USDA recently announced that it is terminating future data collection on food insecurity. This decision will obscure the state of the nation’s households and the impact of policy decisions in the wake of cuts to SNAP and Medicaid. Read our full statement: childrenshealthwatch.org/statement-on...

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