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Child Poverty in the United States Children are 64% more likely to - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Child Poverty in the United States Children are 64% more likely to - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Child Poverty in the United States Children are 64% more likely to live in poverty than adults Child Poverty in the United States Child Poverty in America - 2014 Poverty Rates by Age (1968-2011) Where is America Investing? $901 State &
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Child Poverty in the United States
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Child Poverty in America - 2014
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Poverty Rates by Age (1968-2011)
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Where is America Investing?
$3,822 $25,455 $8,000 $901
Children Elderly
Federal State & Local
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Congress Invests Less Than 8% in Kids
7.89%
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5 10 15 20 25 30 35 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Percent Year
Figure 1: Absolute Poverty in the U.S. & U.K. 1989–2009
U.S.: Percent all persons under 18 years below official US Poverty Line, 1989-2009 (about 35 percent of median income in 2000) U.K.: Percent of U.K. children below the absolute poverty threshold, 1989-2008 (about 60 percent of median income in 1998-99) Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2010): U.K. Department of Work and Pensions (2010): HBAI, 81.
U.S. U.K.
Smeeding & Waldfogel, 2010
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“Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2015” – H.R. 2408 (Reps. Davis, Lee, Connolly, Cummings, & 9
- thers)
- S. 2224 (Sens. Casey,
Baldwin, Brown)
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- Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA) &
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)
- ffered amendment with the
support of Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) to:
- Fund a NAS study analyzing
child poverty in the U.S.
- Study will offer
recommendations on how to cut child poverty rate in half within a decade
National Academy of Sciences Report (FY 2016 Omnibus Spending Package)
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