Gov. Wes Moore on Thursday announced his administration will invest $19 million into programs to end child poverty across the ...

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 ...

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 ...

An estimated 417 million children in low- and middle-income countries are living in extreme poverty. Millions of children in high-income countries are also suffering. And more children are at risk of ...

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.

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.

Labour's child poverty strategy offers some welcome measures, but it won't address the factors keeping families trapped in ...

The new child poverty strategy promises the biggest fall in child poverty in decades. Will it also deliver better health for ...

Much of the world doesn’t have a clue what to do about child poverty, or even when to do it. In the UK the Labour government recently delayed its flagship policy on tackling the issue until the autumn ...

Child poverty in our state has nearly tripled since 2021. More than 63,000 children were in poverty in 2021. That number soared to over 180,000 in 2022. That is roughly a 192% increase from 2021. The ...

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

Responding to the Government’s new child poverty strategy, Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson, Munira Wilson MP, said: ...