John Swinney has said efforts to eradicate child poverty will be “more challenging” as a result of the welfare changes made ...

The Scottish government has missed its legal targets for reducing child poverty. Figures released for the year from 2023 to ...

The number of children in poverty in the UK has reached its highest level since comparative records began in 2002. In the ...

But this has never been the reality for poor families, and most Black families. The national child poverty rate is about 16%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In the 1950s, the U.S. was an ...

Children who are uprooted from their homes repeatedly throughout school go on to achieve fewer GCSE passes, according to new ...

The SNP will miss its 2030 child poverty target unless it takes action to increase disability benefits and mitigate UK Government welfare cuts.

Furthermore, according to The USA Leaders Building America, the United States continues to rank among the nations with the highest child poverty rate at 20.9%, significantly surpassing the global ...

That move quickly lifted millions of children out of poverty. But the expanded tax credit expired in 2021 — leading to a doubling in the nation’s childhood poverty rate in 2022. Fifteen states and the ...

City Council Vice President LaShay D. Harris released a 200+ page report detailing 13 initiatives to enhance the lives of ...

If an Indiana or Ohio bill passes, it would mark the first time a GOP-led state implemented a refundable child tax credit.

While Alabama has one of the country’s worst child poverty rates, just under 4% of children there are uninsured — about a third of the Texas rate. In Texas, newer technology and more ...