But while directing government resources toward reducing child poverty is crucial ... topline findings are that growing up poor in the United States is particularly consequential for your adult ...

Testimony over a proposal to redefine “neglect” for the child welfare system showed a divide between social workers and law enforcement. Legislation in the House seeks to prevent the removal of ...

Pope Francis Monday hosted an international summit on the rights of the child, lamenting the millions who daily endure war, ...

Less than 14 percent of young children who met federal eligibility standards for child care subsidies in 2021 actually received them. Young children continue to live in alarmingly high rates of ...

Ga., on Tuesday defended the impacts of the White House's federal aid freeze on school lunch programs by suggesting that some ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore highlights significant investments in the ENOUGH Act, a state-led initiative to end child poverty, ...

In the United States, 42 million people are living in poverty. Almost 40% of single-mother households are in poverty, and one in three individuals who experienced poverty as children will remain ...

In addition, it says, "Children from families with incomes at or below 130 percent of the Federal poverty level are eligible ...