Child poverty in the United States more than doubled and median household income declined last year when coronavirus pandemic-era government benefits expired and inflation kept rising, according to ...

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This rapid expert consultation was produced through the Societal Experts Action Network (SEAN), an activity of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that is sponsored by the ...

Every year in the United States, 4.2 million youth and young adults will experience homelessness, and 700,000 of these are on their own (without a parent or guardian). The number of youth experiencing ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When the coronavirus emerged in the U.S. this year, public health officials and advocates for the homeless feared the virus would rip through shelters and tent encampments, ...

One state accounted for close to a quarter of the nation’s homeless population, according to an annual report.

Homelessness is up in Los Angeles County for the third time in four years, a result of an ever-growing number of people falling out of the housing market. The results of LA’s annual homeless count, ...

[The following is an editorial opinion piece written by Rachel Lockard and Kelsey C. Priest, medical students at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). Here they present an argument in favor of ...

Luke Shaefer and Benita Miller have a bold charge from Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield in their new jobs at the city: reduce poverty and make it easier for vulnerable Detroiters to get the help they need ...