Poverty

Health and human services for pregnant women and young children

Question A: Providing targeted health and human service programs to pregnant women will lead to reductions in future social spending that will exceed the program costs.

Question B: Providing targeted health and human service programs to pregnant women will increase maternal labor force participation.

Question C: Providing targeted health and human service programs to pregnant women will significantly reduce infant mortality.

Child Tax Credit

Question A: A state version of the 2021 expansion of the child tax credit would reduce child poverty substantially.

Question B: The costs of increasing resources for low-income families via a state child tax credit would be offset over the long term by the fiscal benefits of improving life outcomes for children no longer growing up in poverty.

Question C: Parental labor supply would be likely to fall significantly following introduction of an expanded child tax credit.