More than 1 in 5 kids live in poverty, By Liz Szabo, June 8, 2010, USA Today: “The rate of children living in poverty this year will climb to nearly 22%, the highest rate in two decades, according to an analysis by the non-profit Foundation for Child Development. Nearly 17% of children were living in poverty in 2006, before the recession began. The foundation’s Child and Youth Well-Being Index tracks 28 key statistics about children, such as health insurance coverage, parents’ employment, infant mortality and preschool enrollment. The report projects that the percentage of children living in families with an ‘insecure’ source of food has risen from about 17% in 2007 to nearly 18% in 2010, an increase of 750,000 children. Up to 500,000 children may be homeless this year, living either in shelters or places not meant for habitation…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty