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 ...

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

The expansion of the child tax credits under the American Rescue Plan halved child poverty. When the policy ended, child poverty shot back up. This year, 11 states either created a state-level child ...

Lynn Perry, chief executive of Barnardo's, shares her thoughts on Labour's child poverty strategy – and what more needs to ...

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

Washington, D.C., will become the first locality with its own child tax credit. An expansion of the federal child tax credit ...

The government has not set an explicit numerical target for child poverty, beyond stating that it wants child poverty to fall ...

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.

Young people helped shape Labour’s new national youth strategy. Minister Stephanie Peacock and youth collaborator Zafeera ...

Within the United States, education is commonly regarded as an equalizer to opportunity and upward mobility. In reality, there are countless impediments in the system that exclude low-income children ...

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.

South Africa has made steady progress in reducing poverty over the past 17 years, but the country’s children remain largely ...