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 ...

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 ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Efforts to combat child poverty in New York intensified as the Child Poverty Reduction Advisory Council (CPRAC) issued its final report, calling for targeted policies to cut ...

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 ...

As pandemic-era policies ended, poverty increased most sharply among families with young children in 2022. The numbers: While poverty rose by 49% among all Californians from 2021 to 2022, it rose 143% ...

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 ...

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.

Much of the world doesn’t have a clue what to do about child poverty, or even when to do it. In the UK the Labour government recently delayed its flagship policy on tackling the issue until the autumn ...

More than 40 million Americans live below the poverty line – an income threshold of about $35 per day, or $1,073 a month. Of those facing such extreme financial hardship, children are ...