More than 9 million children — about 13% — are living in poverty in the U.S., according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

A new charity aimed at tackling bed poverty among children has just delivered its first beds to families in need. Rise and ...

The majority of taxpayer aid meant for payments to new mothers in Flint has flowed through a New York-based nonprofit used by ...

At the height of the recession in 2012, nearly one in four American children were living in poverty. Today, five years after America went through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, ...

What do twenty pounds of bricks feel like? Would it be easier to carry them on your back or your head? At what age would a child be allowed to work in a brickyard? For second-grader Emily Salibian, ...

The number of children in poverty rose by 979,000 from 2022 to 2023, Census Bureau data shows. The rise in child poverty comes as families still grapple with life without an enhanced child tax credit.

Tennessee has made progress in reducing child poverty over the past decade, but nearly one in five children in the state is ...

Low-income children and families would be among the groups hit hardest by Republicans' One Big Beautiful Bill Act. While the bill would be a boon to wealthy Americans, it would scale back resources ...

Public health officials have issued an "urgent call" to tackle child poverty in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The 2025 director of public health annual report said 27,000 babies, children and ...

Out of 97,132 children with cancer, 12.63% at the time diagnosis lived in neighborhoods that had high rates of poverty for the previous 30 years. These children faced a 26% and 15% higher risk for ...