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, ...

Mar. 11—The United States has its share of problems for which solutions seem hard to find. Child poverty isn't one of them. It took just one policy — the expansion of the child tax credit during the ...

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 ...

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, ...

Generous anti-poverty programs may help narrow gaps in mental health and brain development between children living in low- versus high-income households, a new study finds. The analysis, published in ...

The number of children in poverty rose by 979,000 from 2022 to 2023, Census Bureau data shows. The rise in child poverty comes as families still grapple with life without an enhanced child tax credit.

Illhaam Jabot comes from one of the world's poorest countries - but has still been touched by Birmingham's child poverty ...

With more students in poverty, two West Fargo schools are looking to be the first in the school district to qualify for Title I schoolwide status. It would give all students - not just those in ...

A popular blogger says the real poverty line for a family of four is around $140,000. There has been pushback.

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Child poverty has reached a record high in the United Kingdom as the country’s cost of living soars and its social security safety net falters following years of government austerity.

A UNICEF report revealed on Thursday that over 19 percent of children globally live in extreme poverty, with the majority concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The organization urged ...