Housing vouchers are among the most effective tools we have to get families out of shelters — and to keep them out.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) will convene an ad hoc committee of experts to assess federal policies impacting child poverty required of the U.S. Department of ...

Economic growth alone will not be enough to help the millions of children living in poverty, according to a damning report. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) said the government must spend more on ...

A recent analysis by the U.N. children’s agency found that more than 500 million children in East Asia and Pacific countries ...

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At age 3, children from wealthier families who lived in high-poverty neighborhoods were about as likely to act out as their peers born into poor families. The study relied on data from portions of ...

John Swinney is quick to admit that eradicating child poverty will be no easy feat. But does he believe it can ever be achieved? Politicians always aim high when setting out their key priorities ...

He needs help. He needs advice. Eighteen years after entering office with a high priority given to the ending of child poverty, it's proving to be tougher than it looked. The most recent figures ...

Persistent childhood poverty and parental mental illness can double the risk of weapon use and police contact by age 17. These factors account for about 32% of weapon-related incidents and 23% of ...

Scotland is the only country where child poverty rates are expected to fall by 2029, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s (JRF) annual poverty report. Scotland has promised to scrap the ...

And those who remain are struggling: Nearly one in five New York children now live in poverty. Advertisement Article continues below this ad As the saying goes, “If you can make it here ...