Child Poverty in the UK
Child poverty: Definition could include family breakdown, November 15, 2012, BBC News: “Family breakdown, drug addiction, debt and education results are among the factors that could be used to measure...
View ArticleChild Poverty Rate – North Carolina
Study: 1 in 10 N.C. children lives with unemployed parent, By Richard Craver, December 13, 2012, Winston-Salem Journal: “One of every 10 children in North Carolina lived with a parent who has been...
View ArticleChild Poverty – California
State child poverty rate has jumped 21 percent since 2008, By Timm Herdt, January 7, 2013, Ventura County Star: “The percentage of California children living in poverty has soared by 21 percent since...
View ArticleKids Count Report – New Mexico
Kids Count report released at New Mexico Capitol, Associated Press, January 15, 2013, Santa Fe New Mexican: “A New Mexico children’s advocacy group on Tuesday presented the latest troubling statistics...
View ArticleKids Count Report – Nebraska
Kids Count: Odds against kids in poverty, By Erin Andersen, January 23, 2012, Lincoln Journal Star: “Every day in Nebraska, a child is sexually abused. Two children are physically or emotionally...
View ArticleChild Poverty – Detroit, MI
Report: 3 in 5 Detroit kids live in poverty, but teen births drop, By Robin Erb, January 24, 2013, Detroit Free Press: “Detroit has fewer children these days — a result of families moving to the...
View ArticleKids Count Report – Michigan
Michigan Kids Count report: Rural areas also face child poverty, well-being issues, By Tim Martin, January 31, 2013, MLive.com: “A new report shows that some of Michigan’s relatively rural counties...
View ArticleKids Count Report – West Virginia
W.Va. has 10th-highest teen birth rate in US, By Shay Maunz, February 5, 2013, Charleston Daily Mail: “West Virginia’s teen birth rate has improved over the last year, but the gap between the...
View ArticleEarly Childhood Development – New Orleans, LA
Fewer kindergarteners in high-poverty New Orleans neighborhoods ‘developmentally vulnerable,’ study finds, By Danielle Dreilinger, February 8, 2013, New Orleans Times-Picayune: “A new study has...
View ArticleKids Count Report – Illinois
Group says child poverty on the rise, By Debra Pressey, February 14, 2013, Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette: “More than one in five Champaign County kids were living in poverty in 2011, according to the...
View ArticleChild Poverty – West Virginia
Report says high child poverty rate is obstacle, By Shay Maunz, February 19, 2013, Charleston Daily Mail: “Without its persistently high rate of child poverty, West Virginia could reduce other nagging...
View ArticleKids Count Report – Colorado
Colorado’s child poverty rate almost doubles in 10 years, By Jordan Steffen, March 19, 2013, Denver Post: “Colorado has the second fastest growing rate of child poverty in the nation, according a Kids...
View ArticleChild Well-Being in Developed Countries
UNICEF report: Canada ranks 17th of 29 for well-being of children, By Laurie Monsebraaten, April 10, 2013, Toronto Star: “If you think Canada is one of the best places to raise a child, think again....
View ArticleKids Count Report – Rhode Island
More RI kids poor, homeless; obesity falls, By Erika Niedowski (AP), April 8, 2013, Boston Globe: “An increasing number of children in Rhode Island are poor and experience homelessness but child...
View ArticleKids Count Report – Oregon
44 percent of children statewide in 2011 were poor or low-income, study says, By Yuxing Zheng, April 23, 2013, The Oregonian: “About 44 percent of children in Oregon in 2011 were poor or low-income,...
View ArticleKids Count Report – Utah
Kids, poverty data released Thursday at Salt Lake City summit, By Cathy Mckitrick, April 25, 2013, Salt Lake Tribune: “According to the KIDS COUNT annual data release, 377,396 Utahns lived below the...
View ArticleFamilies in Poverty and Schools – Wisconsin
Students from needy families place burden on schools, By Frank Schultz, April 28, 2013, Janesville Gazette: “Mud, slips, rips and other accidents often mean a trip to the aides’ room at Adams...
View ArticleChild Poverty in the UK
One in four UK children will be living in poverty by 2020, says thinktank, By Randeep Ramesh, May 7, 2013, The Guardian: “One in four children in Britain – 3.4 million – will be in relative poverty by...
View ArticleKids Count Report – New Jersey
Poverty up 20 percent among N.J. children 5 and younger, report says, By Susan K. Livio, May 22, 2013, Star-Ledger: “More than two years after the nation’s deep recession formally ended, a new report...
View ArticleTeachers and Low-Income Students
Teachers quietly serve as first responders to poverty, By Alfred Lubrano, May 27, 2013, Philadelphia Inquirer: “At Roxborough High School in Philadelphia, teachers and staff use a school washer and...
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