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In August 2007, the Bush Administration announced a rule requiring states (as of August 2008) to sign up 95% of families with children earning 200% of the federal poverty level, before using the funds to serve families earning more than 250% of the federal poverty level. The federal government said that 9 out the 17 states that offer benefits ...
Experimental programs give lower-income parents the option of using government issued vouchers to send their kids to private rather than public schools in some states/regions. As of 2007, more than 80% of all primary and secondary students were enrolled in public schools, including 75% of those from households with incomes in the top 5% .
The United States Children's Bureau is a federal agency founded in 1912, organized under the United States Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families. Today, the bureau's operations involve improving child abuse prevention, foster care , and adoption .
Many states have rejected federal funds on principle or for technical reasons. Lower-income families with school-age kids can get help from the federal government paying for groceries this summer ...
Seal of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, which administered the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program. Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) was a federal assistance program in the United States in effect from 1935 to 1997, created by the Social Security Act (SSA) and administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services that ...
Despite receiving more money from the federal government, the majority of districts with Title 1 schools see unequal funding for staff and even less money for non-staff costs. [20] Minority students are disproportionately impacted as white students attend low-income schools 18% of the time versus 60% of the time for black and Hispanic students ...
The Department of Government Efficiency, led by billionaire Elon Musk, has been tearing through federal agencies, moving to shutter some and drastically cut back others. Nearly the entire federal ...
West Virginia has the nation’s highest rate of opioid overdose deaths, kids in foster care, obesity and diabetes and 1 in 4 children lives in poverty.