A new report by the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) uses data from 14 cities to show how local Child Tax Credits ...

Nearly 3 million people were kept out of poverty after Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits saw a boost under the Biden administration, researchers at the Urban Institute found.

Woojin Jung, an assistant professor at the Rutgers School of Social Work, said she has found a better strategy. Her team has ...

Child tax credits are becoming more popular across the country, with more than a dozen states offering them as financial relief toward the cost of raising kids. But new research suggests cities could ...

Partial Order Theory offers a powerful mathematical framework to compare objects when complete numerical aggregation is either impractical or misleading. In the context of multidimensional poverty ...

Child poverty in Nevada hit 15% last year, two points higher than the national average, according to a new analysis by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Researchers found the national child poverty rate ...

SNAP benefits won't go out Nov. 1 if the government shutdown continues. How many people in Mississippi get help? How much?

A fifth of Louisiana's children live in poverty, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation. That could jump to a third.

Explore our interactive map to find the percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals at your California ...

This paper examines multidimensional poverty in Brazil in 2000 and 2010, based on the microdata of the Demographic Censuses. Our analysis is disaggregated into five classes of municipalities according ...