More than 9 million children — about 13% — are living in poverty in the U.S., according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

At the height of the recession in 2012, nearly one in four American children were living in poverty. Today, five years after America went through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, ...

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 ...

Low-income children and families would be among the groups hit hardest by Republicans' One Big Beautiful Bill Act. While the bill would be a boon to wealthy Americans, it would scale back resources ...

Most nights, Guillermina Garcia Zarate, 40, does well if she cobbles together even three hours of sleep. In the wee hours she finds herself tossing and turning, her mind a beehive of worry: Will she ...

Forty percent of Rochester's kids live in poverty, according to a recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau. Local leaders want to change that. A delegation of local elected officials, including ...

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.

Child poverty is on the rise in Maryland and across the country after the expiration of temporary child tax credits, according to a new report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. It showed child poverty ...