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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 & Local Federal $25,455 $8,000 $3,822 Children Elderly

Congress Invests Less Than 8% in Kids 7.89%

Figure 1: Absolute Poverty in the U.S. & U.K. 1989 – 2009 35 30 U.K. 25 20 Percent U.S. 15 10 5 0 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Year 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) Smeeding & Waldfogel, 2010 Source : U.S. Census Bureau (2010): U.K. Department of Work and Pensions (2010): HBAI, 81.

“Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2015” – H.R. 2408 (Reps. Davis, Lee, Connolly, Cummings, & 9 others) S. 2224 (Sens. Casey, Baldwin, Brown)

National Academy of Sciences Report (FY 2016 Omnibus Spending Package) Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA) & Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) offered 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

Thank You! Bruce Lesley BruceL@firstfocus.org 202-657-0670 www.firstfocus.org