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Child Poverty

Child poverty is a policy decision, one that costs the United States an estimated $1.1 trillion a year. First Focus on Children leads the U.S. Child Poverty Action Group, a coalition of organizations working to get federal lawmakers to set — and then to achieve — a national child poverty reduction target.

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Upside Down: Higher-Education Tax Spending

Part of our Big Ideas series, Upside Down: Higher-Education Tax Spending is one of 14 ideas from leading lawmakers, children’s advocates, and policy experts...