Moore administration invests $19 million to end child poverty in Maryland

Gov. Wes Moore on Thursday announced his administration will invest $19 million into programs to end child poverty across the ...
Forbes

Ending Child Poverty: Solutions That Work

An estimated 417 million children in low- and middle-income countries are living in extreme poverty. Millions of children in high-income countries are also suffering. And more children are at risk of ...
Business Insider

Nearly a million more children fell into poverty last year. Both presidential campaigns want to give parents money to fix that.

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.

Kentucky child poverty drops but food insecurity rises, new data shows

Kentucky Youth Advocates released the 2025 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Data Dashboard today, featuring county-level data on child ...
EdSource

Child poverty rate nearly triples in California, report finds

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 ...
Yahoo

‘These are not numbers – they are people’: what ex-communist Slovenia can teach the world about child poverty

Much of the world doesn’t have a clue what to do about child poverty, or even when to do it. In the UK the Labour government recently delayed its flagship policy on tackling the issue until the autumn ...

Britain is one of the world’s richest countries. So why do a third of its children live in poverty?

Child poverty has reached a record high in the United Kingdom as the country’s cost of living soars and its social security safety net falters following years of government austerity.
FOX8 Cleveland

Children in poverty: Ohio among the worst

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio is among the states with the highest rates of young children affected by poverty, according to a recent study. The Birth Injury Lawyers Group, a nationwide network of ...
Forbes

UNICEF Is Tackling Child Poverty Around The World

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 ...
WSLS 10

Virginia child poverty rises to 12%, reversing pandemic gains

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.

Christmas will be ‘miserable’ for children in poverty, Minister told

Christmas will be a “miserable time” for thousands of impoverished households with children, many of whom live in cold, ...
Times Union

Child poverty in New York among worst in nation, report says

ALBANY — A new report from the state comptroller’s office indicates child poverty rates in upstate cities are among the highest in the nation, with between 40 and 46 percent of children in Syracuse, ...