- 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 well-being has improved in other areas, with the obesity rate hitting a 10-year low and juvenile delinquency down, according to a report released Monday. Twenty-two percent of children in the state were living in poverty in 2011, up from 19 percent the year before, the survey from the children’s policy organization Kids Count said. The number of children staying at homeless shelters climbed to 1,277 last year, from 1,092 in 2011 — an increase of 17 percent…”
- Armed with facts, officials ready to fight for kids, By Jennifer Rodrigues, April 9, 2013, Warwick Beacon: “All four members of Rhode Island’s Congressional Delegation, Senate President Teresa Paiva-Weed, Warwick Representative Joseph McNamara and Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian spoke of the importance of the 19th annual Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Factbook, which was released yesterday during an annual policy breakfast. The annual report, which charts improvements and declines in the well-being of children and youth across the state and in each of Rhode Island’s 39 cities and towns, provides data on 68 different aspects of life in five categories: family and community, economic well-being, health, safety and education…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty