By David Elliot, Coalition on Human Needs
Could the U.S. cut child poverty in half over the next ten years? Yes – and on Thursday, Feb. 28, a panel of experts explained how.
The experts, convened by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine at the request of Congress, spent two years studying child poverty in the U.S. and identifying evidence-based programs and policies to reduce the number of children in poverty.
On Thursday, the panel released a comprehensive report, A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty. The report identifies two packages of policies and programs, either of which could reduce child poverty by half within 10 years: Read more here
