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 ...

Nearly 1 in 5 children in Michigan are growing up in poverty. In some counties–like Alcona and Montmorency–the rate is closer ...

New York is the only state with a refundable child tax credit that excludes low-income families from accessing the maximum amount, limiting its anti-poverty effect, experts say. If the governor’s ...

The expansion of the child tax credits under the American Rescue Plan halved child poverty. When the policy ended, child poverty shot back up. This year, 11 states either created a state-level child ...

UNICEF works with governments and other partners to address the impacts of poverty on children and to mitigate poverty-related risks to their health, education and well-being. A look at recent and ...

Within the United States, education is commonly regarded as an equalizer to opportunity and upward mobility. In reality, there are countless impediments in the system that exclude low-income children ...

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.

Since Zarach began working in the Wakefield area, 534 beds have been delivered with almost half of those funded by the ...

The idea that poverty drives some portion of child welfare involvement seems reasonable, but policymakers should be skeptical.

Child poverty in the United States fell by 46 percent in 2021, a record low achieved largely by expanding the child tax credit, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The data shows ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. More than 40 million Americans live below the poverty ...

The government says the plans will lift half a million children out of poverty by 2030, but critics argue Labour must go further, ITV News Social Affairs Correspondent Sarah Corker reports The ...