which is referred to as the poverty line for short, shouldn’t be confused with the poverty threshold. This threshold is another important federal measure that actually defines poverty.

Many forms of help are tied to the federal poverty line, which is calculated using a formula that has largely not been updated since the 1960s. "The way we measure poverty is incredibly outdated ...

The government's fiscal watchdog says a guaranteed basic income program at the federal level could cut poverty rates in ...

In fact, a full-time worker who makes the federal minimum wage hovers around the federal poverty line. The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 an hour since 2009. Working for minimum wage does ...

Senate Bill 2 still makes major changes to the Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP. That includes reintroducing Indiana's previously ...

Overall, It costs more than $38,000 annually to be middle-class, landing some families with household incomes of $74,580 just $6,556.54 over the federal poverty line (more on that below).

Rep. Mikie Sherrill wants to recalculate the federal poverty line to reflect states’ varying costs of living so that struggling residents in high-cost states like New Jersey don’t lose out on ...

That is well above the federal poverty line of about $13,500 a year. Advocates want change. In 2023, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green signed legislation to extend family tax credits to offer more assistance ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) will convene an ad hoc committee of experts to assess federal policies impacting child poverty required of the U.S. Department of ...

On average, earnings ranged from roughly $14 an hour for game day and cleaning staff, to $20 for maintenance workers and nearly $26 for stagehands.

Rental assistance needs to be urgently increased to ensure that Australia's retirees are not living in poverty, COTA Australia says.The call follows a ...