Reducing child poverty takes work
Compassion | Government report suggests massive welfare increases that could hurt families in the long run
by Charissa Koh
Posted 3/20/19, 04:31 pm
By spending around $100 billion a year, the United States could cut child poverty in half in the next decade. That’s the conclusion of a recent 600-page National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine report, which offers two expensive options for lifting children out of poverty.