Lifting children out of poverty requires whole child, whole community, holistic policies.
Our guests:

Kercena Dozier, Executive Director of the Children's Defense Fund New York
Alissa Quart, author and Executive Director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project
Dr. Rita Hamad, social epidemiologist and family physician in the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and the Department of Family & Community Medicine at UCSF

Kercena discusses child poverty in New York state and the multiple policy initiatives that will significantly reduce child poverty. If successful, other states could follow these examples.
Alissa talks about her work in changing the perception of poverty by using mainstream media outlets to amplify the voices of those experiencing poverty.
Dr. Rita Hamad shares her research around the social determinants of health and how increased income can change mental and physical health outcomes for children.
"And so it's really important that for us to understand how are policies working and who are they working for so that we can design them intelligently going forward?"

For more detailed show notes and a full transcript, ⁠see the Podcast page on the Invisible Americans website⁠.
The Invisible Americans Podcast is a non-profit communications organization. Its mission is to end child poverty. The podcast is hosted by Co-Presidents Jeff Madrick and Carol Jenkins.

Music for this and all episodes is provided by Bridget St. John.Audio editing by Sylvester P. Lukasiewicz.Show notes and transcript by Amy Yoder.

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