In our current model, we project that if unemployment rates rise to 30 percent, the annual poverty rate in the United States will increase from 12.4 percent to 18.9 percent. This represents an increase of more than 21 million individuals in poverty and would mark the highest recorded rate of poverty since at least 1967.
Sadly, the U.S. Senate still hasn’t passed the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act, even though it could cut child poverty and help 16 million children in families living in poverty, including 194,000 children in Minnesota. In the last month, there has been no progress, even though this bipartisan bill overwhelmingly passed the
The U.S. Census Bureau used two approaches to estimate net coverage error of the 2020 Census: DA, which uses birth and death records, data on international migration, and Medicare Enrollment data to produce population estimates that are compared to the census to estimate net coverage error. The Post-Enumeration Survey (PES) was conducted shortly after the
One hundred days into her tenure, New York’s self-described “first mom governor” signed a law committing to slash the state’s child poverty rate by half. She had inherited a serious problem: In the decade leading up to Governor Kathy Hochul’s 2021 inauguration, more than seven hundred thousand children in New York, or about one in
An Exciting Halftime Skills Showcase with Five Lucky Audience Members Will be Featured at Every Game, Along with Fun Red Nose Giveaways Funds Raised by the Red Nose Day Campaign Are a Game-Changer for Children, Helping to Keep Them Safe, Healthy, Educated and Empowered Across the U.S. and Around the World NEW YORK, April 8,
