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 ...

Over 5 million children in the United States live in what the federal government designates as “persistent poverty” counties.

New York State United Teachers has released a new film focused on childhood poverty across the state. The film, titled “1 in 5,” is part of a statewide campaign promoting community schools as a ...

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 ...

Louisiana’s child poverty rate over the past three years leads the nation, according to a new study that attributes the trend to rising costs and expiring public assistance programs. The state also ...

Stephen Roll, Jenn Finders, and Leah Hamilton Childhood poverty in the U.S. fell to its lowest level in history in 2021. The ...

New York is one of the wealthiest states in this country. And yet its child poverty rate — over 20% — is one of the highest in the country. As a pediatrician in Albany for the past 20 years, I have ...

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.

The government released a child-friendly Child Poverty Strategy, with Olivia Bailey and Diana Johnson leading the initiative.

McCaffrey, Senior Policy Analyst on Housing and Income Security Team, Before the Council of the District of Columbia Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety in Support of the Child Support Improv ...

The percentage of children living in poverty in New Brunswick remains “alarmingly high,” according to a report released by ...