One in six kids in S.D. fighting poverty, By Molly Young, July 1, 2009, Sioux Falls Argus Leader: “One in six South Dakota children live in poverty, according to a report issued Tuesday by a children’s advocacy group. Sioux Falls-based Voices for Children says 33,000 people younger than 18 – or 17 percent of all children in South Dakota – live below the federal poverty line of $21,027 for a family of four…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty