Despite compiling $2.2 billion in child support payments from 2020 through 2024, Louisiana was among the lowest ranked states and U.S. territories for such collections, according to an audit released ...

Conservatives have long argued that unwed motherhood and single parenting are major drivers of poor student achievement. They contend that traditional two-parent families — ideally with a married ...

There’s a growing gap between what low-income families earn and what it actually costs to live in the US, according to a new study that says headline measures of inflation fail to capture the burden ...

A similar trend was observed among dyads with household income at 100-199% of the federal poverty level, with preterm birth ...

Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - On Sunday, education students at the University of Northern Iowa took part in a poverty simulation to help them understand the struggles some families face each month.