St. Louis is a poor city. Its school district serves a higher share of children living in poverty than 95% of communities nationwide. Decades of research has shown that growing up in poverty hurts ...
At the height of the recession in 2012, nearly one in four American children were living in poverty. Today, five years after America went through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, ...
Nearly 1 in 5 children in Michigan are growing up in poverty. In some counties–like Alcona and Montmorency–the rate is closer ...
The child poverty rate in California nearly tripled from 2021 to 2024 — 7.5% to 18.6% — and is now the fourth highest in the country, according to new KIDS COUNT data from the Annie E. Casey ...
What do twenty pounds of bricks feel like? Would it be easier to carry them on your back or your head? At what age would a child be allowed to work in a brickyard? For second-grader Emily Salibian, ...
Forty percent of Rochester's kids live in poverty, according to a recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau. Local leaders want to change that. A delegation of local elected officials, including ...
Aug. 21—TRAVERSE CITY — Most counties in the Traverse Bay region saw an increase in the percentage of young children up to the age of 3 living in poverty, according to data released today. The Kids ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – African American adolescents growing up in conditions of worsening poverty are more likely than other kids to have risk factors for chronic illnesses - but strong emotional ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Community partners with a federal feeding program talk with a community member at an outreach ...
OpEd: One in five young Kentuckians live in poverty and face food insecurity, among other immense challenges often ...
For 20 years, the percentage of Alabama children living in poverty has remained at about 20%. In 2022, 22% of the about ...
Child poverty in Virginia has climbed to 12%, affecting more than 230,000 children and reversing previous gains made during the pandemic, according to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.