California families and advocates are urging state lawmakers to take bold action to reduce poverty and protect residents from federal funding cuts, by investing in proven anti-poverty tools such as ...

While family rituals around the holidays and traditions that bring families together can be beneficial for bonding, closeness, and cultivating connections, according to a study from the Journal of the ...

Child poverty is a moral emergency. Poverty exacts tremendous suffering from our youngest citizens —causing massive gaps in cognitive learning, increasing risks of hunger and homelessness, and raising ...

Silicon Valley leaders took part in a poverty simulation meant to highlight the hurdles of being poor in one of the ...

Just a few weeks ago, Salvation Army team members were staffing a community event to connect people facing homelessness with resources (sources for food, shelter, financial assistance, etc.). Toward ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A family in the Olney section of Philadelphia is fighting what they call "hygiene poverty" while on a mission to make their community a better place. There's a motto in the ...

The path from poverty to economic independence is often described as a ladder. Once on the right track, someone just needs to put one foot in front of the other and their financial circumstances will ...

For families in West Virginia, which has had especially sharp drops in child poverty over the past three decades, the shift has played out in ways not fully captured by statistics. The Jackson family ...

A vital safety net for New Jersey families living in deep poverty is shrinking even as the number of residents in need continues to grow amid rising costs and an ongoing pandemic, advocates say. The ...

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