As Congress debates major tax reforms, a proven anti-poverty tool hangs in the balance: the child tax credit. This credit reduces a family’s tax bill by up to $2,000 per child, but its current ...

Restructuring local government, improving public transportation and boosting education spending could significantly reduce child poverty in East St. Louis — benefiting over half of the city’s children ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 9 million children — about 13% — are living in poverty in the U.S., according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Based ...

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 ...

A new report shows more and more of Virginia's children are living in poverty. Advocates say government programs are the reason the rate isn’t even higher. According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — The child poverty rate in Syracuse fell by more than 7 percentage points in 2024, but the city still had one of the highest rates of child poverty in the nation, according to new ...