The cities of Bristol and Norton, along with Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Smyth, Tazewell and Wise counties all rank among the bottom 25% of Virginia’s 133 localities, according to the report.

BRISTOL, Va. — A new report shows there were fewer households in poverty or financially challenged from 2019-2021 in eight of 12 Southwest Virginia localities.

Steely added bringing back the child tax credit will help 367,000 kids living in poverty around the state. Locally, the United Way reports about 51% of families living in Southwestern Virginia are ...

Feeding Southwest VA has pantries and mobile clinics all over Southwest Virginia to try and help with the burden of not having enough to eat. “We know that over 140,000 of those people are food ...

SALEM, Va. (WDBJ) - Feeding Southwest Virginia has been fighting hunger in the region for more than 40 years. The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines food insecurity as the lack of access to ...

In Southwest Virginia, more than one-third of families are facing diaper poverty, which can have dire consequences for children and parents. “If you’re child doesn’t have enough diapers ...

In most of the country, including Virginia, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sets the poverty line at an annual income of $15,060 for individuals and $31,200 for a family of four.

One in three children in Virginia is living in poverty or near-poverty, according to a study from the University of Virginia. Researchers at UVa began a statewide poverty report last year, using a ...

If West Virginia’s child poverty rate was as high now as in 1993, nearly 80,000 additional children would be poor, a population larger than the state capital, Charleston.