USDA is establishing the largest new nutrition assistance program in decades this year, an effort to ensure low-income children have enough to eat when they’re not in school during the summer. But the ...

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The dozen US states that implemented a refundable child tax credit program in the wake of the pandemic held down child poverty rates relative to states that didn’t act, according to an analysis by ...

A child plays with chalk during the Our Babies 1st: Restore the Pay Equity Fund rally at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2024. (Getty/Jemal Countess) This report accompanies the first ...

The Center for American Progress has developed a data dashboard that allows users to explore national- and state-level data trends on a range of child care and early learning topics, including access ...

Millions of families across the U.S. will receive a one-off $120 per child grocery boost this summer under a federal program designed to replace free meals while schools are out of session. The Summer ...

Families with two kids also pay more on average for center-based child care than the typical mortgage in every state, excluding Alaska, Mississippi, South Dakota, Texas and Utah. The latest Consumer ...