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Association Between Material Hardship in Families With Young Children and Federal Relief Program Participation by Race and Ethnicity and Maternal Nativity

JAMA Health Forum · 9 authors, 9 centres

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In a cohort of 1396 caregivers with young children interviewed before and during the COVID-19 crisis, receipt of Economic Impact Payments and/or SNAP was associated with reduced food insecurity and being behind on rent, but significant disparities in benefit receipt by race, ethnicity, and maternal nativity persisted.

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Latino caregivers had far lower odds of EIP participation (aOR, 0.16) compared with White, non-Latino caregivers, and families with immigrant mothers had substantially lower odds of participating in any program. Limitations include the 20.3% response rate at follow-up, inability to assess participation intensity, and wide confidence intervals for some subgroup analyses.

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PMC10122179

Association Between Material Hardship in Families With Young Children and Federal Relief Program Participation by Race and Ethnicity and Maternal Nativity

JAMA Health Forum

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Key Points Question What was the association between participation in federal COVID-19 relief programs and mitigation of food and housing hardships and disparities among families with young children? Findings In this cohort study using interviews before and during the COVID-19 crisis of 1396 caregivers with children 48 months or younger, receipt of benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and/or Economic Impact Payments was associated with reduced prevalence of household food insecurity and being behind on rent. However, there were disparities in receipt of benefits as well as food insecurity and being behind on rent by maternal nativity and caregiver race and ethnicity. Meaning The findings of this study suggest that equity-driven policy design is needed to ensure that benefits reach all families, especially among historically marginalized groups.

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Félice Lê-Scherban, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Allison Bovell-Ammon et al.. Association Between Material Hardship in Families With Young Children and Federal Relief Program Participation by Race and Ethnicity and Maternal Nativity. JAMA Health Forum. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.0508

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Félice Lê-Scherban, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Allison Bovell-Ammon, Sharon Coleman, Lindsey Rateau, Diana Cutts, Maureen Black, Timothy Heeren, Deborah A. Frank

1Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
3Department of Pediatrics, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
4Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
5Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
6Department of Pediatrics, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
7Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
8RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
9Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health