- Michigan report shows a 7-year, 53% hike in child food assistance, By Ursula Watson, December 17, 2013, Detroit News: “Michigan experienced a 53 percent increase in the rate of young children who qualified for federal food assistance between 2005 and 2012, according to a study on child health released today. The annual Kids Count in Michigan report found more than 1 in every 3 children (37 percent) qualified for nutritional help because their families were living on less than $31,000 a year for a two-parent, two-child family…”
- Kids Count: Child poverty in Michigan increasing, teen pregnancy on the decline, By Brian Smith, December 17, 2013, MLive: “The percentage of Michigan children receiving food assistance and free or reduced school lunches has increased since 2005, but teen pregnancy rates are on the decline, according to the latest data from Kids Count. The number of children living in poverty increased even as the state’s overall child population decreased since 2005, the report released today stated. Media outlets were provided access to the report prior to its public release. More than 556,000 children under the age of 17, or almost one-quarter of Michigan children, live in poverty, and more than 36 percent of children under the age of five are eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty