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Federal Tax Credits in 2021 Lifted More than 2 Million Children Out of Poverty, Says New Report

WASHINGTON — The temporary expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC) as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 reduced child poverty in the United States ...
PBS

What Are Some Challenges of Growing Up Poor in America?

The U.S. has one of the highest child poverty rates among wealthy nations. Here’s a look at some struggles kids living in poverty face. Kaylie, pictured in the 2012 documentary “Poor Kids” and the ...
Newsweek

Child Poverty Hits Five-Year High in America

The child poverty rate has hit a five-year high in America as families continue to deal with high prices for groceries and housing. That rate surged from 12.4 percent in 2022 to 13.7 percent in 2023, ...
USA Today

Poverty in the U.S. increased last year, even as incomes rose, Census Bureau says

The number of Americans living in poverty has gone up, even as incomes rose last year, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Tuesday. Measuring poverty can be tricky − but the main number social scientists ...