- Report: About 1 in 4 Rock Island County kids living in poverty, By Deirdre Baker, March 6, 2015, Quad-City Times: “An annual report that shows about 1 of every 4 Rock Island County children living in poverty stoked the ire of some area officials Thursday. According to Illinois Kids Count 2015, child poverty rates in the state remain higher than levels measured before the Great Recession that began during the previous decade and are much higher than in 2000…”
- Child poverty rising in DeKalb County, survey says, By Katie Dahlstrom, March 5, 2015, Daily Chronicle: “The number of DeKalb County children living in poverty nearly tripled from 1999 to 2012, child advocates said in a report released Thursday. Nearly 24 percent of DeKalb County children lived in poverty in 2012, the 2015 Illinois Kids Count Survey released by Voices for Illinois Children showed. The county is part of a growing trend in Illinois that is pushing poverty rates higher outside of the city of Chicago, said Director of Research Larry Joseph…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty