Hunger prevention advocates say potential changes to school meals and food assistance programs could negatively affect nearly 22,000 students and more than 75 schools in Maine. Their concerns stem ...

Survey from the National Institute on Ageing identifies key retirement gaps, author highlights what the advisory business can ...

Upon his return to the House Appropriations Committee after an 18-year hiatus, Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., has one central ...

But that number doesn’t necessarily capture everyone who might be considered poor, because measuring poverty largely depends on how we define it. And some definitions, including the one used to ...

Now, the federal poverty line is the same no matter where you live. Rep. Mikie Sherrill introduced a bill to require regional adjustments.

Up to 762,000 people across the U.K. are providing unpaid care for someone living with a terminal illness every year, a ...

Investopedia / Daniel Fishel The federal poverty level (FPL) is an economic measure used to decide whether the income level of an individual or family qualifies them for certain federal benefits ...

New Mexico has made significant strides in addressing poverty, but we must ask: Are we truly addressing the root causes and bridging the wealth divide, or are we merely offering ...

Diane Devine stresses over how she'll make ends meet after paying rent. "It's a pinch of pennies every day just to try and ...

The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration, developed a method to measure how many families were unable to ...

The fight against poverty has been long-drawn. The highest poverty rate came after the martial law regime. The country’s poverty index was at its worst at 44.2 percent in 1985 in a population of ...

These issues and inadequacies should be addressed urgently if the social safety net is to deliver its promised outcomes. The interim government is in a unique position to reform the whole structure ...