- Child poverty rate in Colorado rises above prerecession years, By Zahira Torres, March 24, 2014, Denver Post: “Despite an improving economy, more Colorado children were living in poverty in 2012 than at the trough of the economic downturn, according to an annual report that evaluates the well-being of children in the state. ‘We see many areas in Colorado that have not yet begun to feel the economic recovery and are still struggling with the lingering effects of the economic downturn,’ said Sarah Hughes, research director for the Colorado Children’s Campaign, a nonprofit organization that produces the annual Kids Count in Colorado report…”
- Pueblo on low end in child wellness, By Loretta Sword, March 24, 2014, Pueblo Chieftain: “Statewide, children have made some gains in key areas — graduation rates are up and the teen pregnancy rate is down — but this year’s Kids Count in Colorado report also finds that more children are struggling in school, growing up in single-parent and homeless families, and have inadequate access to quality, affordable child care and nutritious foods. Colorado also has the fifth-highest rate of child fatalities related to abuse and neglect among all states, at 3.25 deaths per 100,000 children. The outlook on some fronts is worse in Pueblo County than the statewide rates, and fairly comparable in others…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty