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Child poverty increases more than two-fold
“That legislation had increased the child tax credit from $2000 to $3600 for kids under the age of six...
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“That legislation had increased the child tax credit from $2000 to $3600 for kids under the age of six...
The president of Washington, D.C.-based First Focus on Children responded with alarm to this week’s new poverty data, imploring...
Child poverty came roaring back in 2022, according to U.S. government figures released today, more than doubling to over 12%...
Rates to rise further as Medicaid “unwinding” continues The number of children without health insurance rose in 2022, according...
Child poverty plunged in 2021 because of Biden's refundable child tax credit, reaching its lowest level recorded. But Republicans...
Averi Pakulis, the vice president for early childhood and public health policy at First Focus on Children, said that...
This concern is shared by Kathy Sacco, vice president of international children’s policy at First Focus on Children. “Children...
Federal Covid funds pushed that to 11.2 percent in 2021, according to First Focus on Children, a bipartisan group...
Child advocates such as Bruce Lesley of First Focus on Children think that number could be reduced with a...