Connecticut is one of the wealthiest states in the union. Yet many working families are struggling paycheck to paycheck, and many children are falling into poverty through no fault of their own.

The following was submitted by Maura Ackerman on behalf of the Syracuse-Onondaga Food Systems Alliance, a coalition of local changemakers dedicated to a more just and equitable food future in the ...

Editor's note: The following article was originally published by the Ohio Capital Journal and is available to the Canton Repository under a content-sharing agreement. Ohio’s poverty rate was 13.4% in ...

New Yorkers don’t always agree on much, but one thing is undeniable: Our state is in the midst of a housing and affordability crisis. Everything costs more — groceries, electricity, health care, even ...

Housing vouchers are among the most effective tools we have to get families out of shelters — and to keep them out. Credit: Getty Images. There are over 700,000 children living in poverty in New York.

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up (St. Louis Public Radio) – More than half of Missouri’s poorest ...

New York is the only state with a refundable child tax credit that excludes low-income families from accessing the maximum amount, limiting its anti-poverty effect, experts say. If the governor’s ...

Housing hazards exposed: ProPublica found mold, pests, and water damage in Peoria’s Taft Homes tied to asthma and respiratory illness in children. Poverty rates rebound: Child poverty more than ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is focusing her agenda this legislative session on affordability — and she says programs for young people and child care are a key component. But a new report finds ...

Community partners with a federal feeding program talk with a community member at an outreach event in North Charleston in February 2025. USDA photo. A recent report on child poverty in South Carolina ...

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 ...