Advance Economic Opportunity Working Group
Disrupting lifelong economic insecurity to improve the health of moms, babies and families.
To improve birth outcomes, we must advance economic opportunity by supporting families with programs and policies that increase access to living wages and workforce development, quality housing and education, childcare and beyond.
This working group will take actions that include:
- Advocating for funding and programs that increase access to safe and affordable quality housing
- Supporting increased access to quality affordable childcare, free preschool and pre-kindergarten
- Supporting community workforce development
- Identifying and implementing programs to bring fresh and affordable foods to communities
- Promoting the scale-up of novel systems approaches to help disrupt lifelong economic insecurity (i.e., universal basic income and baby bonds)
Working Group Members
This working group will be launching soon. Please join the Mom and Baby Action Network and share your interest in this working group, please contact us.
WORKING GROUP CO-CHAIRS
David Radcliffe
State and Local Policy Director, The New School Institute on Race, Power, and the Political Economy
Megan Smith, DrPH
Senior Director of Community Health Transformation, Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA)
News & Resources
Research going back decades has linked poverty with poor child outcomes, including low-birthweight, psychosocial issues, malnutrition and low educational attainment. Explore the most recent U.S. Census Bureau data on the nature of poverty and income.
Poverty USA is an initiative of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development and was created as an educational resource to help individuals and communities to address the root causes of poverty in America. The project includes stories about combating poverty, maps and data on poverty in the U.S. and policies that can help.
This report from Pew Research Center, published in January 2020, draws on the latest U.S. government income data to underscore that, while some measures of the economy show positive signs, income inequality has continued to increase.
GET INVOLVED
Every family can have the best possible start. But today, too many moms and babies are dying or experiencing serious health complications related to childbirth—and far too many are moms and babies of color. Only by working together can we confront inequities and ensure the health and wellbeing of every family.
