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Child Poverty

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Feature

A Census Undercount Likely Cost Detroit $1.3 Million for Childhood Lead Prevention

Danielle McLean
Feature

Administration-Sanctioned Discrimination Is Keeping Foster Kids Out of Loving Homes

Megan Martin
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First Person

I Couldn’t Spend Money Like My Classmates. So I Tried To Eat Like Them.

Lola Phoenix
Feature

Biased Algorithms Are Determining Whether Poor Parents Get to Keep Their Kids

Elizabeth Brico
First Person

Poverty Isn’t Neglect, But the State Took My Children Anyway

Elizabeth Brico
Analysis

For the Cost of the Tax Bill, the U.S. Could Eliminate Child Poverty. Twice.

Rachel West
Analysis

The Obama Legacy: Supporting Children and Families

Olivia Golden
Analysis

It’s Time to Ask the Candidates: #Wheredoyoustand on Fighting Poverty?  

Jeremy Slevin & Greg Kaufmann
Analysis

The Child Tax Credit Doesn’t Reach the Poorest Families. Here’s Why It Should.

Chuck Marr
Explainer

Coaching Parents Reaps Huge Benefits for Kids in Poverty. Why Don’t We Do More of It?

Rachel Herzfeldt-Kamprath
Explainer

3 Safety Net Improvements That Could Help Keep Families Together

Megan Martin & Shadi Houshyar
Analysis

Social Security Helps Twice As Many Children As We Thought

Maya Rockeymoore

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