ED at JPMorgan Chase PolicyCenter, do-gooder, amateur cultural anthropologist, toddler mom. Formerly @amprog and @NatlGovsAssoc. Views are my own.
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Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines retweeted
Great night talking baby bonds with one of its creators, @DarrickHamilton, and good friends/counterparts from across the country. Leaders like @VTTreasurer, @NM_Treasurer, @RITreasury, @theGROfund, & @ACGinDC are continuing the momentum.
📢 @thenewschool | @racepowerpolicy
Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines retweeted
Shout out to the all-Black prosperity panel at the #BabyBonds in Action event.
⭐️@Shimica_G of @EndChildPovCA
⭐️Jesse Johnson, Office of WA Treasurer
⭐️Andréa Comer, Office of CT Treasurer
⭐️@ACGinDC of JP Morgan Policy
This income movement is catching 🔥 across the nation!
Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines retweeted
Join us on March 5 at @TheNewSchool for the first event of the 2024 Henry Cohen Lecture Series, exploring #BabyBonds and a #HumanRightsEconomy with @DarrickHamilton, @Treasrussell, @VTTreasurer, @LauraM4NM, @ACGinDC & Amit Khanduri of @theGROfund.
RSVP: bit.ly/babybondsandbeyond
Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines retweeted
We’re starting the year on a tremendous high note! Pleased to announce that @AndyDRC, @ACGinDC, and @FountainHouse member Debra Irwin have all been appointed to our Board of Directors.
We couldn’t be more delighted to have their partnership and support 🫶
fountainhouse.org/news/fount…
Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines retweeted
"#BabyBonds are one of several strategies that can help young people from low-income and low-wealth families access 'start-up capital for life.'"
@ACGinDC & Michael Bonino-Britsch of JPMorgan Chase PolicyCenter on why baby bonds, and why now.
#BabyBlogs racepowerpolicy.org/2023/11/…
The profound impact of giving American families a little more cash - Vox apple.news/ARL42zUSISju1nmq6…
Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines retweeted
Baby bonds can help millions of California kids achieve their dreams.
Watch @MichaelDTubbs and @Shimica_G of @EndChildPovCA break down this transformative idea and the CA budget proposal that can take the first step to put it into action.
youtu.be/c-ycUrHff98
Proud to support this work and this inspiring leader! Baby Bonds Eyed as Way to Close U.S. Racial Wealth Gap - Bloomberg bloomberg.com/news/features/…
Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines retweeted
🚨🚨🚨Columbia research: "The monthly child poverty rate increased from 12.1 percent in December 2021 to 17 percent in January 2022"
Biden Child Tax Credit expired at end of last year
3.7 million kids reenter poverty
povertycenter.columbia.edu/n…
Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines retweeted
Working on a paper, I find myself once again staring at the credit denial rates by race and family income, and that the black-white difference *increases* with income.
Nearly 1 in 4 (23%) Black adults in families with income above $100,000 were denied credit over a year.
Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines retweeted
We know that deprivation in childhood can have severe developmental consequences.
Now we’re learning about how economic supports for families may contribute to improved cognitive development.
nytimes.com/2022/01/24/us/po…
Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines retweeted
#GreatRead by @Just_Schweitzer @bl_hardy & @ACGinDC for @amprog: "How Weak Safety Net Policies Exacerbate Regional and Racial Inequality." Check out their very informative (and fun!) interactive scatterplot tool americanprogress.org/issues/…
Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines retweeted
Come Oct. 1, more than 41 million people using the SNAP program will get more *direct* help to keep food on the table.
Want to know more about last week's historic announcement (and what's got to come next)? #SNAPMatters
➡️➡️➡️ americanprogress.org/issues/…
Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines retweeted
POVERTY IS A POLICY CHOICE. CARES + Dec package + American Rescue Plan >>>>> American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. that blue circle was crushing and a choice. google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes… – at Arlington, VA
Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines retweeted
We need to change the narrative on poverty and expose the moral failings of society that allow poverty and hunger to exist in our land of abundance. Through policy we can end poverty. Great discussion at #HLA21 @HungerCenter
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Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines retweeted
”’Your mom is on food stamps’ works as a taunt because it means she & you are poor. ’Your mom gets a monthly child benefit check’ doesn’t work as a taunt because it just means she has a kid & because the taunter’s mom also gets one” peoplespolicyproject.org/202…
Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines retweeted
👏👏@amprog’s @areeba_haidr & @GgrHendricks today in @thehill:
This year's expanded #ChildTaxCredit is a game-changer (first checks are out today!).
Making it permanent would ensure tens of millions of children never know poverty in the first place.
thehill.com/opinion/finance/…
Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines retweeted
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Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines retweeted
As we celebrate #Juneteenth being recognized as a federal holiday this year (an important cultural shift!), I’m thinking of all the Black folks who won’t have the day off because they’re working low-wage jobs with no paid leave.
Truly honored and humbled to be selected as one of the recipients of the 2021 Hunger Leadership Awards hosted by the @HungerCenter! It's a privilege to join the @UniteThePoor and @CSWholesaleGroc for this event. You can RSVP here: eventbrite.com/e/2021-hunger…