Discover how poverty traps create barriers to financial independence, what causes them, and explore practical solutions to ...

For individuals struggling to make ends meet, the government might be causing more problems than it is solving. As part of a new report released Monday, a survey of more than 1,000 low-income ...

Unlike other normal bodily functions, the menstrual cycle is stigmatized and often a financial burden for many throughout Connecticut. No one should have to choose between food, a roof over their head ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A new study is offering insight into how some high-poverty schools in South Carolina are achieving strong academic success. The South Carolina Education Oversight Committee met Monday ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aisha Nyandoro is a leading voice on equitable economic policies. A recent AP-NORC poll reveals a pervasive misunderstanding about ...

In Peoria, Illinois, children living in federally subsidized housing have been getting sick in the very places meant to shelter them. An investigation by ...

For decades, the social services nonprofit Person to Person, housed on the campus of Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church in Darien, has provided food, clothing and emergency cash assistance to thousands of ...

Operation Education is dedicated an entire half hour to investigate how schools can help kids who may seem hard to reach. WSBT held a Special Operation Education Town Hall on Monday, December 18th.

Lourdes Carhuayna recently graduated from a job training program she enrolled in with the help of Person to Person. The nonprofit's Financial Opportunity Center works with many people who are already ...

The child poverty rate in California nearly tripled from 2021 to 2024 — 7.5% to 18.6% — and is now the fourth highest in the country, according to new KIDS COUNT data from the Annie E. Casey ...

The “harsh realities” of poverty in St. Louis, according to a Legal Services of Eastern Missouri report, are visible during events including the annual Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis MLK Food ...

As dire as the economic situation is for New Yorkers overall, the challenges confronting those with disabilities in this economic climate loom as truly staggering. Almost one third -- 32 percent -- of ...