Recent cuts eliminated a small, specialized workforce that sets the poverty standards determining who is eligible for ...

The level of poverty in the US is the highest since 1994 and “the number of people in poverty in 2009 is the largest number in the 51 years for which poverty estimates are available.” ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker said on Tuesday the true level of poverty in the United States might be understated, in comments that did not ...

America’s poverty rate is now at its highest level in two generations ... whether they occur in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, or the United States,” continued Offenheiser. “We need a lively national ...

It is unavailable for children younger than 15 who are not related to the householder, people living in institutional group quarters and people living in college dormitories or military barracks. Due ...

Sean Reardon of Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education Achievement gaps among black, Hispanic and white students, the study found, is “completely accounted for” by the poverty level of ...