Emergency room visits for homelessness surged at a large urban children’s hospital after Massachusetts made it harder for families to get into shelters, a new study suggests.

About 6 percent of baby boomers and 17 percent of African American baby boomers have been homeless at some point in their lives, according to the first national study in decades to look at lifetime homeless rates.

Nationally, resources for providing families with housing assistance are inadequate.

Some places lift children out of poverty. Others trap them there. Now cities are trying to do something about the difference.

Health promotion interventions in public housing communities have the potential to reduce obesity among residents, a new study shows. Changes in their environment, such as fresh food trucks, walking groups, screenings, and cooking demos, helped Boston residents eat better and get more exercise.

Community organizations are improving health equity by tackling the cycle of poverty in urban neighborhoods.

"There's no silver bullet" to end chronic absenteeism, but a simple "nudge" letter has shown real success in reducing truancy.

Chicago’s troubling homicide rate could be significantly reduced through a massive increase in state spending for Chicago schools.

Researchers have shown — and teachers know — that schoolchildren exposed to neighborhood violence can have a tougher time learning, experiencing more stress and depression than their peers growing up in safe neighborhoods.

Poor children don't struggle in school because of their parents. They struggle because of poverty.