Some 5.2% of children were in poverty in 2021, down from 9.7% the year before, according to Census Bureau data
Some 5.2% of children were in poverty in 2021, down from 9.7% the year before, based on a broader alternative measure developed by the Census Bureau. The Supplemental Poverty Measure, which began in 2009, takes into account certain non-cash government assistance, tax credits and needed expenses – addressing a major flaw in the official poverty rate, economists say. The supplemental poverty rate for children was the lowest on record since the measure began.
“We know how to fight poverty, and it’s not super complicated,” said Elizabeth Lower-Basch, director of income and work supports at the left-leaning Center for Law and Social Policy, known as CLASP. “It’s about giving people the resources that they need to meet their and their families’ needs.” Critics of the enhanced child tax credit, as well as other stimulus measures that Democrats approved early last year, argue that they helped spur skyrocketing inflation.
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