Robust public investments can lift the weight of the child care affordability crisis off the safety net’s shoulders.

The silence of poverty is deafening. For the 15 million children living in poverty, playtime and early learning activities like reading, singing, arts & crafts and dress-up are not necessarily a way ...

Democratic nominee Kamala Harris has repeatedly pledged a substantial increase to the child tax credit for families with ...

All children are born ready to learn, but for 15 million children living in poverty in America, they enter school unready to succeed. Before even walking through the classroom door, American children ...

Children under 5 are the age group most likely to encounter ... child tax credit is the single most effective option on the ...

In recent years, America showed just how much of a choice poverty is: The short-lived pandemic-era child tax credit expansion cut child poverty by more than a third. And the bolstered social ...

Research suggests that direct, unrestricted financial support may reduce child abuse and help keep families together ...

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political ... paid for by those who can afford it. Some 10,000 children have fallen into poverty as a result of the two-child limit ...

This dramatic reduction highlights the credit’s effectiveness in addressing child poverty, and reflected significant declines in Black, Hispanic, Asian and Native American child poverty rates.

Latin America has made solid economic ... These eight goals for poverty reduction, educational improvements, gender equality, child mortality, maternal health, infectious disease prevention ...

affecting nearly 25 million people in the South American country in the first quarter of 2024. At the same time, indigence (a situation even below poverty) reached 17.5% with a food insecurity ...

Washington, D.C. — Child care is one of the most expensive items in family budgets. A new Center for American Progress ...