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Protecting Our Children: Early Childhood Development, ACEs & COVID-19

Coronavirus / Maternal and Child Health / Social Determinants of Health

Published on: August 24, 2020. Updated on: July 27, 2022.

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Children’s poverty rates could increase by 53% during the pandemic. Additionally, school closures are putting kids at risk for toxic stress, with 1 in 3 public school students lacking adequate access to the resources necessary for remote learning. The short- and long-term impact of this constantly evolving situation is not evenly distributed and may have massive consequences for the most vulnerable children.

Citations

Early years sets the building blocks for healthy long-term development: Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University

Children in America who live in poverty: The State of America’s Children® 2020, Children’s Defense Fund

Increase in children's poverty rates: Parolin, Z. & Wimer, C. Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University. Forecasting Estimates of Poverty during the COVID-19 Crisis: Poverty Rates in the United States Could Reach Highest Levels in Over 50 Years

Education & the digital divide: Common Sense Media, K–12 Student Digital Divide Much Larger Than Previously Estimated and Affects Teachers, Too, New Analysis Shows