- 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)