Don't call them DINKs. Many childfree adults are ALICEs.

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Don't call them DINKs.
More Americans are becoming ALICEs — asset-limited, income-constrained, and employed. They live above the federal poverty line, but struggle to afford basic necessities.

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Support like child tax credits and basic income reduces child abuse, researchers found

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Financial assistance could limit rates of child abuse and neglect, a new study from doctors at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia finds.

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Minnesota's new $1,750 child tax credit could reduce the state's child poverty rate by a third

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A bigger tax break for parents and companies is getting closer to becoming a reality

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Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon in May 2017.

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About 3.5 million more American families went hungry after food prices spiked and the pandemic-era child tax credit ended

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Volunteers and staff serve food to people in New York on May 6, 2023.

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5 million kids fell into poverty last year after Congress cut off Biden's monthly checks to parents

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