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 ...
Louisiana’s child poverty rate over the past three years leads the nation, according to a new study that attributes the trend to rising costs and expiring public assistance programs. The state also ...
The latest iteration of Rhode Island Kids Count’s annual Factbook contains the usual thickness of line graphs, pie charts and ...
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 ...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced $10 million in new state funding Wednesday to expand child care and fresh food businesses in underserved communities. The governor also launched a new digital ...