There were over 46 million Americans on food stamps (SNAP) last year, and in 2010 the program kept 3.9 million people from falling into poverty. Nearly half of all ...
The share of the nation’s total income going to the top 1 percent of households, which fell in the financial crisis and Great Recession, rose in 2010, the first ...
Too often it is after the fact that teachers discover their students are worrying less about math and reading and more about where the next meal comes from. So Doug ...
The employment-to-population ratio (EPOP) edged up to 58.6 percent in February, its highest level since May of 2010, as the Labor Department reported that employers ...
Another good employment report today suggested that the labor market is continuing to improve. Employer payrolls increased by 227,000 in February and by an average of ...
National Skills Coalition is pleased to announce the release of a new publication, Moving Low-Skill SNAP Recipients Toward Self-Sufficiency, designed to help ...
A multiyear qualitative study finds low-income families seeking dependable child care are hampered by unsteady work, fluctuating wages, and unreliable transportation.
Living without permanent, long-term housing creates a number of stressors for children and families, but being homeless can be particularly detrimental
to the ...
What an awesome success story! A fourth grade class in New Jersey full of lovers of the classic Dr. Suess environmental tale "The Lorax" took on a big ...
The Center on Budget Policy and Priorities' LaDonna Pavetti reports that Congress continued unraveling its welfare reform deal with the states when it failed to ...
$16 a month may not sound like a lot but if you have no income, it could mean losing your housing. Barbara Sard of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities cautions ...
The deadlock over extending Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits and the payroll tax cut was broken when Republican negotiators dropped their insistence that the $100 ...
With support from the Walmart Foundation, NLC's Institute for Youth, Education and Families will partner with the Food Research and Action Center to help cities ...
To help break down President Obama's FY 2013 budget proposal, the White House Office of Management and Budget has released fact sheets that layout what the budget ...
President Obama’s budget protects and proposes to strengthen the nation’s nutrition safety net for the many Americans who continue to struggle with ...
Based upon a 2011 report published by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), non-seasonal vacant properties have increased. The study says, “[These] ...
Squeezed by a tight job market, young Americans are especially struggling. They have suffered bigger income losses than other age groups and are less likely to be ...
By any measure, poverty in the United States is increasing. In 2011, the country saw the poverty rate rise to 15.1%, the highest level in nearly two decades. However, ...
