poverty

According to the Urban Institute, nearly half of all families across the U.S. with children ages 3 and younger struggle to pay for diapers. Here in South Carolina, a young mom named Ayanna White found herself experiencing that struggle and wanted to find a way to not only help herself, but others as well who were in a similar situation.

An annual report by United Way breaks down South Carolinians considered asset-limited, income-constrained, and employed. The state's overall average masks some wide disparities in race, age, and geography.

A new report finds that if seven key social safety net programs had full funding and full participation, poverty rates in the state could drop by a third.