With its motto of “People Helping People,” Pronto of Long Island is dedicated to empowering individuals and families through ...

Most people want to grow old - after all, the alternative is worse - but few want to be old, burdened by loneliness, isolation and the looming risk of poverty. "We thought: nobody is interested in old ...

In early 2020, my daughter approached me about fostering two brothers she met through her work with Peace4Kids, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a sense of community for youth in foster ...

The City of New York hit another milestone last week in its underlying ongoing crisis: poverty. This marker came in the form ...

Poverty is on the rise, but only among seniors, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual poverty report. Based on the official measure, which is a simple calculation based on pretax cash income ...

In September 2024, an article in The Economist posed a provocative question: Can evidence-based development programs, like those championed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Esther Duflo, scale ...

Flint, Mich., has one of the country's highest rates of child poverty — something that got a lot of attention during the city's lead water crisis a decade ago. And a pediatrician who helped expose ...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (KCRG) - A Girl Scout from Cedar Falls received the Gold Award for her push to fight period poverty in schools, a project that led to the development of Iowa Bill HF883. Elle Smith, ...

Every day, all over the world—from Kenya to the US—millions of girls miss school because they lack the information and resources they need to navigate something totally natural, yet very challenging: ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Efforts to combat child poverty in New York intensified as the Child Poverty Reduction Advisory Council (CPRAC) issued its final report, calling for targeted policies to cut ...

While higher education still guarantees better wages, more educated North Texans are struggling with poverty, according to ...

Asian Americans are often portrayed as educationally and financially successful when compared with other racial or ethnic groups. However, Asian origin groups in the United States vary widely in their ...