Editorial: Cash Transfers to Families Living in Poverty: Can Benefits for Children Extend to the Next Generation?

Childhood poverty is the most widespread and important modifiable risk factor for the development of a range of health outcomes, including childhood-onset mental health problems.1 Thirty million children are growing up impoverished in the US, which ranks among the highest per capita rates of child poverty among high-income countries.2 As a nation, the US does less to support its poor children and their families than any other wealthy country, despite scientific evidence that growing up in poverty significantly increases lifetime risk of physical and mental health problems, reduces likelihood of academic and vocational success, and leads to poorer social outcomes for our children.

Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - October 24, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Matthew G. Biel, J. Corey Williams Tags: Editorial Source Type: research