As Congress debates major tax reforms, a proven anti-poverty tool hangs in the balance: the child tax credit. This credit reduces a family’s tax bill by up to $2,000 per child, but its current ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Restructuring local government, improving public transportation and boosting education spending could significantly reduce child ...

Forty percent of Rochester's kids live in poverty, according to a recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau. Local leaders want to change that. A delegation of local elected officials, including ...

The solutions to child poverty, however, are not as straightforward. Children are not in poverty because of their own earnings and resources, but because of their parents' situations. Unlike seniors, ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A new report shows more and more of Virginia’s children are living in poverty. Advocates say government programs are the reason the rate isn’t even higher. According to the ...

Restructuring local government, improving public transportation and boosting education spending could significantly reduce child poverty in East St. Louis — benefiting over half of the city's children ...