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perspective you  bring to this “Ministry of Health and Sanitation Voucher gate”. I don’t sense such patriotic journalism in the other internet publications that I sometimes read from Sierra Leone. This shows that some journalists are in favour of the “status quo” of  financial mismanagement and embezzlement in the government. Prosperity Program is a healthy population. Mind you a “healthy body does an excellent work”. So those ten top health officials are not in unison with the President’s aspirations to improve the health standards of the people. It is a shame that the edu...

STATEMENT: The Family Security Act Demonstrates There Is Bipartisan Urgency in Addressing Child Poverty Date: February 5, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. —  Yesterday, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) announced the Family Security Act, which would provide a monthly benefit of $350 a month for young children and $250 a month for school-aged children. Crucially, the Family Security Act is not dependent on earnings, meaning that unlike the existing Child Tax Credit families with little or no federal income tax liability, who are often experiencing the worst poverty, would benefit. In a 2...

STATEMENT: Biden’s Executive Orders To Address Hunger in the United States Will Save Lives Date: January 22, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — Today, President Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders to address the growing hunger crisis in the United States. Following the signing of the orders,  Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines, vice president of the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement: At a time when tens of millions of people do not have enough to eat, the impact of today’s executive orders cannot be overstated...

RELEASE: CAP Report Outlines the Structural But Solvable Problem of Child Poverty in the U.S. Date: January 12, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — The United States consistently has the highest child poverty rate of any OECD country. Nearly 11 million—or 1 in 7—children in the United States live in poverty. And systemic inequalities stretching back before the country’s founding contribute to disproportionate rates of poverty for Black, Latinx, Asian American, and Native children. And while these data were calculated before the COVID-19 crisis, already some calculations hav...

The Basic Facts About Children in Poverty Getty/Gregory Rec A boy holds his little brother's hand after picking him up at the bus stop in Biddeford, Maine, April 2020. Julia Cusick For more on this topic, see 'The Basic Facts About Women in Poverty' Women, especially women of color, in the United States are more likely to live in poverty than men, and they need robust, targeted solutions to ensure their long-term economic security. Read Introduction and summary In America, nearly 11 million children are poor. That’s 1 in 7 kids, who make up almost one-third of...