Report: Arkansas child poverty hits 14%, above national average

Child poverty in Arkansas increased to 14% between 2022 and 2024, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT ...
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Report shows more Arkansas, U.S. children living in poverty

Children living in poverty in Arkansas was 14.5% in the 2022-2024 period, up from 8.9% between 2019-2021, according to a new ...
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Latin America’s Poverty Falls to Record Low, but Inequality Threatens the Gains

The World Bank’s 2025 update shows that poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean has dropped to a historic low of 25.2 ...

Kozhikode to be declared extreme poverty-free district on October 28

Kozhikode to be declared extreme poverty-free district on October 28, following successful support for 6,773 families in need ...

Get the Facts: Health insurance expected to rise if tax credits expire amid government shutdown

At the core of the government shutdown is a debate about the extension of health insurance subsidies under the Affordable ...
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Millions of Community Health Center Patients to Lose Coverage When Tax Credits Expire

This analysis estimates the impact of the loss of enhanced premium tax credits (ePTC) for marketplace coverage on community ...
Vermont Business Magazine

PAI: If healthcare tax credits expire, Vermonters face the biggest losses in the U.S.

The 2021 American Rescue Plan Act—enacted to help people weather the financial insecurity of the pandemic— enhanced the PTCs ...
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Set to declare itself extreme poverty-free by 1 Nov, how Kerala ensured ‘no family is left behind’

CM Pinarayi Vijayan will declare his state as the first 'extreme poverty'-free state in India at a 1 November event, which VD ...
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What Oregonians need to know about expiring health insurance subsidies

Millions of Americans face uncertainty as key ACA health insurance subsidies are set to expire. Learn how the ongoing ...

Child poverty levels in Scotland 'largely the same' despite SNP Government focus on issue

The level of child poverty in Scotland is "largely the same" as it was four years ago despite an SNP Government commitment to reduce it.
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What exactly are health subsidies? | Jeffrey Scharf, Everybody’s Business

Income-based subsidies have been part of the Affordable Care Act from the beginning,” writes columnist Jeffrey Scharf. “These subsidies take the form of tax credits designed to ...
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Study shows Arkansas child poverty rising

A recent study shows that the number of children living in poverty in Arkansas rose 5.6% from 2021 to 2024, highlighting the need for policy changes such as a state-level earned income tax credit and ...