Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 9 million children — about 13% — are living in poverty in the U.S., according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Based ...

Edelman, considered “America’s First Mom,” founded the Children’s Defense Fund as a witness for children and to break the ...

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 ...

A slew of pandemic-era emergency aid for children—including universal school meals and Medicaid expansions in many states—led to the lowest child poverty rate on record. But new Census data show ...

Portage County Community Action Council Executive Director John Kennedy debunks myths about poverty in Portage County and beyond.

While the economy was a key topic of discussion for the two presidential candidates when they met on the debate stage for the first time on Tuesday, the duel ended without explicit consideration of ...

There are clear, actionable priorities that should be reflected in the state budget to protect CT children and strengthen our future.

An organization that campaigns to end child poverty says the number of children living in households that struggle to pay bills and buy food has continued to grow. The 2025 report card from Campaign ...

The 2025 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty on P.E.I. found that 16.7 per cent of children under 18 were living in ...

Children’s rights advocate Dr Claire Achmad says the latest report highlights ongoing failures within the system responsible ...

The percentage of children living in poverty in New Brunswick remains “alarmingly high,” according to a report released by the Saint John-based Human Development Council.

Some young people in England are living in an “almost-Dickensian level of poverty”, the Children’s Commissioner said as she insisted the two-child benefit limit must be scrapped. Black mould in a ...