In 2019, the U.S. Census reported 34 million people living in poverty (source)
Massachusetts is the only state with over half of all fourth-graders (51%) reading at grade level according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2018 Kids Count report (source)
Only 34 percent of the nation’s fourth grade students were reading proficiently in 2019, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (source)
In 2018, Feeding America reported that 1 in 7 children in the country are facing hunger on a daily basis (source)
