Less for many: ‘Opportunity gap’, income disparity, poverty grows in Orange County, By Margot Roosevelt, August 7, 2015, Orange County Register: “Orange County poverty is growing dramatically, along with income inequality, homelessness and overcrowded housing, according to a comprehensive survey by government agencies and charitable organizations. The annual Orange County Community Indicators report, released this week, lays out in 52 pages of stark detail the worsening plight of a growing portion of local families. The result: an ‘opportunity gap,’ seen in ‘abundant supports and resources for the children of higher-income families and stalled or declining social mobility for the children of lower-income and less educated families,’ the report says…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty