Over the last 50 years, the proportion of Americans living in poverty has remained virtually unchanged. In 2023, 11 percent of American’s lived below the poverty line. In 1973, that number was also 11 ...

Participants complete a 12-week program to learn skills to help them toward financial stability. Then they are paired with mentors, or “allies,” who help them achieve their goals. These goals are not ...

Many Franklin County residents struggle to afford basic necessities despite a significant portion being employed. Two local pilot programs, the Ohio Mother's Trust and the City of Columbus' Economic ...

The federal poverty level is an economic measure used to decide whether an individual or family qualifies for federal ...

The Cobb chapter of a nonprofit focused on ending poverty is set to graduate its second cohort of participants from a poverty reduction program next week.

Early in my career, I spent a year working in two refugee camps in southern Mexico, home to indigenous Guatemalans who had escaped the genocide taking place in their homeland a short walk across the ...