In 2019, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty, which included four policy proposals to reduce the number of children living in poverty. A growing body of research indicates that poverty during childhood has a direct and indirect impact on child welfare involvement. The aim of this study was to build off this research and simulate the reductions in child protective services involvement and foster care placements that are likely to result from implementation of the NAS policy packages. In addition to the introduction of the child allowance, the proposed policy packages include reforms to the Earned Income Tax Credit, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and federal minimum wage.
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