The child poverty rate in California nearly tripled from 2021 to 2024 — 7.5% to 18.6% — and is now the fourth highest in the country, according to new KIDS COUNT data from the Annie E. Casey ...

A slew of pandemic-era emergency aid for children—including universal school meals and Medicaid expansions in many states—led to the lowest child poverty rate on record. But new Census data show ...

Louisiana’s child poverty rate over the past three years leads the nation, according to a new study that attributes the trend to rising costs and expiring public assistance programs. The state also ...

Child poverty in Virginia has climbed to 12%, affecting more than 230,000 children and reversing previous gains made during the pandemic, according to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

The expansion of the child tax credits under the American Rescue Plan halved child poverty. When the policy ended, child poverty shot back up. This year, 11 states either created a state-level child ...

When Congress gave more families access to the child tax credit in March 2021, the expansion lifted 2.1 million children out of poverty — a result that Americans of all political persuasions should ...

UNICEF works with governments and other partners to address the impacts of poverty on children and to mitigate poverty-related risks to their health, education and well-being. A look at recent and ...

The government released a child-friendly Child Poverty Strategy, with Olivia Bailey and Diana Johnson leading the initiative.

Portage County Community Action Council Executive Director John Kennedy debunks myths about poverty in Portage County and ...

The government has published a child-friendly version of its poverty strategy. Education secretary Bridget Phillipson explains why.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The number of children living in poverty in Grand Rapids has steadily declined over the last decade, following a statewide trend of more Michigan families being able to make ends ...

The figure was based on the latest Statistics NZ child poverty data for the year ended 30 June 2025: Latest child poverty data. This data has been collected since 2018. The article was written by the ...