An ad hoc committee will analyze the evidence on key determinants of entrenched poverty and the effectiveness of programs designed to address those determinants to identify policies and programs with ...

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

Children. By Halfpoint via iStock for WMNF. Recently released 2024 U.S census data show little progress on child poverty, with the numbers slightly down from 2023 but still way above what they were in ...

LOGAN, Ohio – Before dawn, in a cold, blustery drizzle, a line forms outside a small, squat building on an open stretch of road on the outskirts of town. "My heater quit working in my car," Scott ...

Ariel Williams, a 36-year-old southside Indianapolis resident, poses in front of one of her paintings. Williams has been part of the Circles Johnson County program since 2023, helping improve her ...

The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration, developed a method to measure how many families were unable to afford ...