California’s poverty rate climbed in the first quarter of 2023, the latest quarter measured by the Public Policy Institute of California. Poverty increased from 11.7% in 2021 to 13.2%, the institute ...

Despite Democrats’ failed efforts over the past two years to permanently expand the child tax credit (CTC), recent reports suggest that some progressive lawmakers in Washington want to block an end-of ...

It’s harder for Black Americans born into poverty to break the cycle and escape than their white counterparts. According to the 2023 State of Babies Yearbook, “approximately three in five Black (62.3 ...

The credit, which goes further than Gov. Hochul's proposed increase to the Empire State Child Credit, will make a real difference to New York families. Credit: Getty Images. Ask nearly any working ...

OLIVIA JONES: Don't sell yourself short. Be persistent until you reached your goal. ELSA WOODAREK: Nothing affecting rural poverty is going to happen alone. You have to find people that are just as ...

Ending child poverty is within reach, UNICEF argues, because solutions exist. Meet some of the children and families who are ...

In 2019, when I was mayor of Stockton, California, I launched the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration, the first major guaranteed income program in any American city. The pilot provided 125 ...

WELL, A NEW PLAN TO HELP PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY. THE CITY OF OMAHA IS LOOKING TO SIGN A DEAL WITH EXPERTS AT UNO. THIS WEEK, KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S ALEX MCLOON JOINS US LIVE WITH HOW IT WORKS AND THE ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Child poverty continues to plague the city of Cleveland, which ranks second among the country’s largest cities in child poverty, behind only Detroit. However organizations are ...

At the start of the 2022-2023 academic year, three Dornsife School of Public Health master’s students worked together to complete an Applied Practical Experience at the Center for Leadership, ...

New analysis from Loughborough has revealed that 103,000 people died in poverty last year, around one in six of all deaths.

The new Working Pennsylvanians Tax Credit is part of the state budget Gov. Josh Shapiro signed into law last week. It is modeled on the federal Earned Income Tax Credit, which benefits low- ...