New York's care providers are not paid adequately and are on the brink of poverty. Albany lawmakers can help improve their ...

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, one in ten older adults in the U.S. — or 5.9 million individuals 65 or over — lives in poverty, although the percentage varies from state to state. In the District ...

OHIO, USA — Ohio’s poverty rate was 13.2% in 2023 and the state’s child poverty rate was 17.5%, according to the latest report from the Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies. While this is a ...

Thea Jaffe never expected to use a baby bank. In fact, she was responsible for referring other single parents from her local community group to the charity Little Village, which provides essential ...

Norwegian director Monica Strømdahl spent years traveling across the United States, documenting life in cheap hotels also known as flophouses. Then in 2017, she met 11-year-old Mikal in a hotel lobby.

A new report finds poverty is on the rise in New York City due to rising living costs and the shortage of affordable housing. One in four New Yorkers — over 2 million people — lived in poverty in 2023 ...

I spent the first 18 years of my life living in public-housing projects. My childhood was as poor as it gets in America. I’ve also seen what being poor is like in places like Mexico, Colombia, and the ...

Can you afford to live in Mississippi? Most people need to make more than the federal minimum wage to afford groceries and pay bills without help. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's living ...