Bucks County families need $86K to afford to live here. Need child care? That's over $100k
After years of dropping, the rate of families struggling to get by increased after the pandemic, leading more children to ...
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Federal Policy Updates: Key Legislative Efforts to Address Housing and Poverty
The ongoing housing and economic crises have pushed federal lawmakers and advocates to introduce significant legislative ...
Former PM Gordon Brown in Birmingham backs child poverty urgent action call
A new aid bank for the West Midlands has officially opened in Birmingham - but more must be done to ease misery for ...
Education outcomes in Bucks County hindered by $36M state funding gap: report
The Bucks County report estimates that property taxes in some area schools leave a funding gap of $36 million that state ...
New York City Has More Children in Poverty Than Nearly a Decade
New data shows child poverty in NYC has reached a record high, highlighting deep economic struggles for low-income families.
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State legislation could halt a proposed effort to combat poverty in Douglas County with a guaranteed income program
When health leaders in Lawrence unveiled their five-year community health plan last fall, they proposed giving low-income ...
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Amid troubling report on child poverty, New York communities say hard work continues
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is focusing her agenda this legislative session on affordability — and she says programs for ...
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Poverty, child labour and violence push boys out of school, says Unesco
A Unesco report highlights child labour, poverty, and bullying as key drivers of school dropout among boys, with millions disengaging from education.
Hungry children helped with Tesco scheme to help kids in poverty
A Tesco scheme to help feed kids in poverty means school children in this South Wales village are able to get a good meal - ...
Oregon ranks among the most expensive for infant child care in U.S.
Child care workers are often low-income earners themselves. Nationally, 12% of child care worker families live in poverty, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
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New York City Poverty Rate Rises to 25% as Cost of Living Surges
The rising costs of living have pushed an additional 100,000 New Yorkers into poverty, bringing the city’s poverty rate to 25 ...