We should send the Irvine Foundation a comment letting them know about the child allowance study as it relates to California, after we share the optimization post of children vs. adults from @ngpsu22 and @fedderw. Here's my draft (capped at 250 words):
Thank you for your support of low-income Californians. I wanted to share with you a report we recently released on child poverty, its effects, and how child allowances (equal per-child cash payments given to adults) could lift kids out of poverty. Some of our findings:
* California has the highest child poverty rate in the country (19.6% from 2017-2019; we also have the highest overall poverty rate).
* Increasingly rigorous evidence shows that child poverty harms children's physical and mental health, education, and long-term outcomes like earnings and even longevity.
* A child allowance of $300 per month per child would cut California's child poverty rate in half. It could be funded by a 3% state income tax.
You can find the full report at http://child-allowance.ubicenter.org, and read an op-ed from one of our researchers at https://thehill.com/opinion/education/529953-child-allowance-would-boost-gdp.
We should send the Irvine Foundation a comment letting them know about the child allowance study as it relates to California, after we share the optimization post of children vs. adults from @ngpsu22 and @fedderw. Here's my draft (capped at 250 words):