The U.S. government’s most accurate measure of child poverty fell to 5.2% in 2021, the lowest level on record and a decline of 4.5 percentage points from a year earlier. This sharp reduction was due, ...
Federal spending on children has seen a "steep decline" since a 2021 pandemic peak, according to new research from the Urban Institute. In 2024, expenditures on children are expected to level off, ...
The US Congress temporarily expanded the Child Tax Credit (CTC) during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide economic assistance for families with children. Although formerly the CTC provided $2,000 per ...