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 ...

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

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 ...

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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 ...

Eradication of child poverty is the SNP Scottish Government’s number one priority. In the 1980s, Tory Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher asserted there was no such thing as society. In our view that is ...

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 ...

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 ...