Tennessee could drastically reduce child poverty if it would fully fund and participate in seven social safety-net programs, according to the Urban Institute. (Source: Urban Institute.

The measure clarifies that poverty alone does not constitute child neglect, a long-overdue correction to a system that has disproportionately penalized low-income families.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — More than one-fourth of Tennessee children are living in poverty, up from a few years ago during the Great Recession, according to a Kids Count report published Tuesday by the ...

When will Tennessee address child poverty? We can’t afford to wait any longer. | Opinion Deliberate and focused child-friendly policies can and do result in dramatic reductions in Tennessee's ...

Over the past 18 months, I’ve spent a lot of time in East Tennessee, Appalachia if you will. You can’t avoid poverty in East Tennessee. It’s pretty much everywhere. A large, and obviously expensive, ...

More than one in four Tennessee children lives in poverty and one in six lives in a high poverty area.

More than 25% of Tennessee young people live under the poverty line. That statistic according to the “Kids Count Report” published by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

New study says one-fourth of children in Tennessee live in poverty. The study by the Annie E. Casey kids count project shows the number of children in poverty has doubled since 2000. The study ...

First, some good news: The number of Tennessee children living in areas of concentrated poverty fell 7% between 2013 and 2017. And now, the bad: There are still enough children living in poverty ...