NCCPThis resource presents a comparative view of the 2024 status of five restrictive state TANF policies that affect family and child well-being across 50 states and the District of Columbia.
NCCP has conducted a review of many of the state TANF guidelines for the administration and distribution of cash assistance to families with adults and children across 50 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) in 2024. On the following pages, we focus on the maximum amount of cash assistance provided by each state and […]
This fact sheet shows the disparities in economic hardship experienced by children in 2019. These hardships have been exacerbated during the pandemic. For more information about economic hardships experienced by young children, under age 9, please click here.
This fact sheet shows the disparities in economic hardship experienced by young children, under age 9, in 2019. These hardships have been exacerbated during the pandemic. For more information about economic hardships experienced by all children, please click here.
To find comparable information for young children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children Under 18 years, 2016. Among all children under 18 years in the U.S., 41 percent live in low-income families and 19 percent—approximately one in five—are poor. This means that children are overrepresented among our nation’s poor; they represent 23 percent of […]
To find comparable information for young children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 9 years, 2016. For more recent fact sheets, please click here. Among all children under 18 years in the U.S., 41 percent are low-income children and 19 percent—approximately one in five—are poor. This means that children are overrepresented among our […]
To find comparable information for infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 3 Years, 2015; for young children, see Basic Facts about Low–Income Children: Children under 6 Years, 2015; for children in middle childhood, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children 6 through 11 Years, 2015; for adolescent children, see Basic […]
To find comparable information for all children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 18 Years, 2015; for young children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 6 Years, 2015; for children in middle childhood, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children 6 through 11 Years, 2015; for adolescent children, see Basic Facts […]
To find comparable information for all children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 18 Years, 2015; for infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts about Low–Income Children: Children under 3 Years, 2015; for young children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 6 Years, 2015; for adolescent children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income […]
To find comparable information for all children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 18 Years, 2015; for infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 3 Years, 2015; for children in middle childhood, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children 6 through 11 Years, 2015; for adolescent children, see Basic […]