New Census Data Show Success of Federal Programs in Addressing Poverty

From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): Washington, DC, September 15, 2021—A U.S. Census Bureau report released Tuesday demonstrates very clearly the powerful role of federal programs in helping avert what could have been a significant spike in poverty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic … Continued

Progress in Fighting Poverty Slows—and for the First Time in Years, the Number of Uninsured Americans Does Not Significantly Decline

Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/09/12/progress-fighting-poverty-slows-first-time-years-number-uninsured-americans-not-significantly-decline/#.W5lp3M5KgdU By CHN September 12, 2018 Editor’s note: CHN on Wednesday, Sept. 12 issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Census Bureau’s latest census and poverty data. For more information, please visit our 2017 Census and Poverty … Continued