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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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Oct 19, 2012 Child Poverty

President Obama Talks Child Poverty

One-in-five U.S. kids live in poverty today. Yet candidates for office rarely mention the word “poverty,” let alone offer...