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 ...

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 ...

Camden families are earning 50% more than they did in prior years, yet their median income remains at just $37,045 compared ...

Scott Compton, senior policy advisor at Action for Children, writes about why the Labour government's child poverty strategy ...

State lawmakers aim to provide no-strings-attached cash payments to new mothers and parents in New York to reduce some of the nation’s highest childhood poverty rates. USA TODAY Network reporters ...

Gov. Wes Moore announced $10 million for child care providers and fresh food retailers and launched a new state platform to ...

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 ...

Kentucky Youth Advocates released the 2025 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Data Dashboard today, featuring county-level data on child ...

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Children’s Defense Fund analysis of new 2013 state data released by the U.S. Census Bureau reveals child poverty rates remain at record high levels, and Mississippi leads the ...

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.

This guest essay reflects the views of Louise Skolnik, professor emeritus of social work at Adelphi University and former Nassau County director of human services and deputy commissioner of the county ...