The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration, developed a method to measure how many families were unable to afford ...

Every year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) updates the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), a single number that quietly governs access to dozens of essential federal assistance ...

WASHINGTON -- The inflation-adjusted median income of U.S. households rebounded last year to roughly its 2019 level, overcoming the biggest price spike in four decades to restore most Americans' ...

Very deep poverty is defined by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation as earning below 40% of the median household income. According ...

Alabama families can again apply for $7,000 vouchers to put toward private school or home school expenses. Supporters of the ...

It is a national disgrace that poverty-level federal pensions are forcing our vulnerable elders to seek help in getting ...

While the economy was a key topic of discussion for the two presidential candidates when they met on the debate stage for the first time on Tuesday, the duel ended without explicit consideration of ...

Report reveals that nearly 7 million people are living on well below the UK median income as the nation’s poorest get even poorer.

Jacksonville will exempt low-income residents from paying $172 increase in garbage fee. But it's up to residents to apply for ...