Number of children who are under age 6. Number of children under age 6 who are in poverty (OPM) 4 Number of children who are under age 6 and living in households below the federal poverty ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Getty/Jemal Countess) This report accompanies the first annual update of the Child Care and Early Learning in the United States data dashboard, an interactive tool from the Center for American ...

The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration, developed a method to measure how many families were unable to ...

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

A handful of states have ... reducing childhood poverty. Columbia University's Center on Poverty and Social Policy found that the payments reduced the monthly rates of child poverty by nearly ...