Over four million children will still be living in poverty by 2029, the government’s own analysis has forecast, marking a reduction of just 10 per cent from the current figure.
Including age-gating social media accounts, prohibiting access to weight loss drugs, and allowing adoptees to access their birth certificates ...
An estimated 417 million children in low- and middle-income countries are living in extreme poverty. Millions of children in high-income countries are also suffering. And more children are at risk of ...
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 ...
In 2021, something remarkable happened: the United States cut its child poverty rate nearly in half. This wasn’t due to a booming economy or a new war on poverty. It was thanks to the expanded Child ...
A couple of weeks ago, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) endorsed an increase in child tax credits to a maximum of $5,000 per child, declaring that “President Trump has been on record for a long time, supporting ...
California families and advocates are urging state lawmakers to take bold action to reduce poverty and protect residents from federal funding cuts, by investing in proven anti-poverty tools such as ...
Last week, the US Census Bureau released new data revealing no change in the official child poverty rate from 2020 to 2021. However, when using the supplemental poverty measure, which accounts for ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth (TCCY) released its State of the Child in Tennessee 2025 Report which said that child poverty rates decreased slightly between ...
Before we gear up for another grueling election season and become trapped behind partisan battle lines, and despite the ongoing chaos in our national government, now is the time to come together in ...
A U.S. Census report showed that 33.5% of families with school-age children living within the Erie School District's ...