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Children growing up in poverty face horrible lifelong consequences to their health, education, and overall quality of life. Compared with cities its size, Rochester ranks as the number one worst city in the United States for child poverty, with 48% of our city’s children in poverty. We are first in the nation in the rate of extreme poverty, with 15% of the city’s population living in deep poverty (2020 U.S. Census data, 2015 – 2019). From May – July 2020, 10,000 more Monroe County children plunged into poverty under COVID (United Hospital Fund study, Oct. 2020).

Congress ordered and funded the largest, most exhaustive, and most nonpartisan, evidence-based report on how to reduce childhood poverty in half. The 2019 report released by the National Academy of Sciences estimates that child poverty costs us $800 billion to $1.1 trillion every year due to increased crime, worsened health, and lower earnings when poor kids become adults.

But the report concluded that a suite of two-generation-at-once public policy changes would cut child poverty in half in 10 years:

  • A big increase in the Earned Income Tax Credit;
  • A refundable child tax credit; and
  • A publicly funded minimum child support payment for single parents entitled to child support from their former partners.

Along with assistance for high quality early child care and education, we already know what works. What’s missing is the political will to make it happen. That’s where The Children’s Agenda comes in.

Poverty News and Alerts

Senator Cooney and advocates calling for more funding for families with children
Senator Cooney and advocates calling for more funding for families with children
Posted onMarch 24, 2023March 28, 2023
Raising Rochester Podcast – S2:E3 – Aqua Porter on Anti-Poverty Efforts in Rochester and Monroe County
Raising Rochester Podcast – S2:E3 – Aqua Porter on Anti-Poverty Efforts in Rochester and Monroe County
Posted onMarch 21, 2023March 21, 2023
Groups call for increased funding to fight child poverty in NY
Groups call for increased funding to fight child poverty in NY
Posted onMarch 20, 2023March 28, 2023
NY Congressional Representatives Demand Congress Oppose Corporate Tax Breaks
NY Congressional Representatives Demand Congress Oppose Corporate Tax Breaks
Posted onDecember 13, 2022December 13, 2022
Rochester community call for expansion of child, earned income tax credits
Rochester community call for expansion of child, earned income tax credits
Posted onDecember 13, 2022December 13, 2022
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The Children’s Agenda advocates for effective policies and drives evidenced-based solutions for the health, education and success of children. We are especially committed to children who are vulnerable because of poverty, racism, health inequities and trauma.

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