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Children's HealthWatch monitors the impact of economic conditions and public policies on the health and well-being of very young children. For more than a decade, we have produced original, timely research and analysis linking nutrition, housing, energy and other policy issues to children’s health and development. Read more>>

“Children’s HealthWatch is not about research for knowledge’s sake, it’s about using research and evidence from the front lines of pediatric care to inform public policy and, ultimately, to improve health and development outcomes for low-income kids.” - Michael C. Laracy, The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Prior to February 2009, Children's HealthWatch was called the Children's Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Program (C-SNAP).

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November 17, 2009
Dr. Mariana Chilton helps explain what rising food insecurity means for children

November 16, 2009
USDA reports rising rates of food insecurity in 2008 for U.S. households

September 28, 2009
Children's HealthWatch Study Finds Unaffordable Housing Puts Children's Health At Risk

August 23, 2009
American expert calls on Turkish mothers to speak out to break cycle of poverty

July 14, 2009
Children's HealthWatch releases third brief in the Policy Action Brief series

July 01, 2009
Feeding America releases report on child food insecurity and the impacts on our nation's economic future

June 18, 2009
New Research Finds Food Insecurity Rose in Young Children in 2008

June 02, 2009
Children's HealthWatch hosting "Witnesses to Hunger Briefing" in Washington D.C.

May 20, 2009
Children's HealthWatch Releases First Policy Action Brief

May 01, 2009
Children's HealthWatch releases new report: "Feeding Our Future: Growing up Healthy with WIC"

February 12, 2009
Dr. Deborah A. Frank, Children's HealthWatch PI, testifies before the House Committee on the Budget on providing adequate funding for nutrition programs in the Child Nutrition Program Reauthorization.

December 08, 2008
Dr. Mariana Chilton, Children's HealthWatch PI, testifies before the Senate Agriculture Committee

December 05, 2008
Dr. John Cook, Children's HealthWatch Research Scientist, interviewed on Radio Boston's show "The Economy and the Working Poor".

November 26, 2008
Philadelphia Inquirer publishes article about Dr. Mariana Chilton's "Witnesses to Hunger" project

October 31, 2008
New Report from Children's HealthWatch and the Medical-Legal Partnership for Children entitled “Bringing Children in from the Cold: Solutions for Boston’s Hidden Homeless” released.

October 24, 2008
Maureen Black, Baltimore PI, writes Op-Ed for Baltimore Sun.

October 02, 2008
Dr. Chilton testifies at Commission for a Healthier America Field Briefing

September 16, 2008
"Coming Up Short: High food costs outstrip food stamp benefits", a new report from the Real Cost of a Healthy Diet Project released.

September 10, 2008
Dr. Mariana Chilton, Children's HealthWatch Philadelphia PI, Wins APHA Young Professional Award

August 08, 2008
Dr. Frank takes part in TV program on hunger

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