- Recession’s reverberations keep pummeling the young, By Don Lee, October 24, 2010, Los Angeles Times: “As the nation struggles with the aftermath of the Great Recession, few groups have suffered greater setbacks or face greater long-term damage than young Americans – damage that could shadow their entire working lives. Unemployment for 20- to 24-year-olds hit a record high of more than 17% earlier this year. Even for young adults with college degrees, the jobless rate has averaged 9.3% this year, double the figure for older graduates, according to the Labor Department. Adding to the impact, surveys by the Pew Research Center indicate, a greater share of workers in their 20s lost hours or were cut down to part-time status than any other age group. And their incomes have fallen more sharply, even as they are far more likely than others to say they are working harder than ever…”
- Recession in midstate hitting children hardest, By Diana Fishlock, October 24, 2010, Patriot-News: “Dauphin County is seeing its youngest children get hit hardest by the recession. Among Dauphin County families with children all under 5 years old, more than 20 percent were living in poverty in 2009. That’s up from about 15 percent just two years before, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Families with children under 18 saw poverty increase during the same time. Nearly half of the county’s single mothers with children under 5 lived in poverty. Those on the front lines of providing social services say they see more younger children exhibiting signs of anxiety and parents worrying about providing enough food. In surrounding counties, families with children generally saw poverty decrease from 2007 to 2009, according to census estimates…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty