Executive Summary The topic of childhood poverty in Hispanic children and their families has been a mystery in America for a long time. The Hispanics refer to the Americans who are otherwise known as the Latinos. The Hispanic Americans have their roots in the western hemisphere where people speak the Spanish language. These people immigrated to the United States in the 17 th century. The population of the Hispanic Americans is above 42.9 million today. In fact, the American Census Bureau projects that the population of Hispanics will rise to 50 million by year 2025. Hispanic Americans comprise the fastest growing population in the United States of America. The Hispanic Americans are composed of several sub groups, which have roots in Latin America, Puerto Rico, Cuba, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, and Nicaragua. All these groups are referred to as the Hispanic Americans in America especially in official documents . The communities have advocated for specific terms such as Mexican Americans and Cuban Americans rather than having them referred to by using general term such as Hispanics. Most of the Hispanic Americans are immigrants who escaped from political wars in their mother countries. For example, the Mexican Hispanics who make up more than 21.5 million of the American population became part of the United States of America after the Mexican war of 1848. Mexico signed a war ending treaty with United States of America in which it gave out large parts of its territory especially in the Southwest. Later on, all the Mexicans that lived in this section were granted United States citizenship. Although these Hispanic Mexicans became part of the U.S, their background was wanting. The Mexican families were very poor. Most of them were uneducated and practiced subsistence farming. Today, the problem of poverty, low education, unemployment, drugs and substance abuse, and early pregnancies are yet to be alleviated from the Mexican Americans. These Hispanics live in the southwestern part of the United States. These include California, Texas, New Mexico, Los Angeles, Arizona, and Colorado. Mexicans make the largest Hispanic group in the U.S. Similarly, the Puerto Ricans who are the second largest Hispanics in America originated from poor rural folks in Puerto Rico. This group of immigrants moved to America in 1960s. However, the Puerto Ricans enjoy more federal benefits than other Hispanics since Puerto Rico is an American commonwealth. According to Kaiser and Baumann (2010, p. 528), the major problem facing these Hispanics is poverty, discrimination by Americans and other Hispanics, unemployment, and poor health. The increased number of welfare problems meant to help the Puerto Ricans has proved futile. The Cuban Hispanics are also immigrants to the United States. They migrated after the 1959 Cuban revolution through which Fidel Castrol took over governance. The Cuban Americans are well-educated and middle-income earners. However, they also faced the problem of discrimination and lack of resources. They occupy most part of Florida and Miami. Other Hispanics such as the Salvador, Nicaraguans, and Dominicans are immigrants of civil wars. Most of