- Report: Nebraskans working hard, but falling behind — and kids are paying the price, By Erin Andersen, January 29, 2015, Lincoln Journal Star: “Nearly 41 percent of Nebraska kids — more than two out of every five — are growing up in a low-income family. The vast majority have parents working one, two or more jobs. A disproportionate number of these children are minorities. Those are among the findings of the 2014 Kids Count Report in Nebraska. The report, released Thursday, measures child well-being in economic stability, health, education, child welfare and juvenile justice. It’s intended to provide policymakers with strong data about Nebraska’s children and families…”
- Number of low-income kids in Nebraska rose from 2005-2013, report says, By Betsie Freeman, January 29, 2015, Omaha World-Herald: “The number of Nebraska children growing up in low-income families rose almost 5 percentage points from 2005 to 2013, according to the yearly Kids Count report that will be released today. Last year, nearly 41 percent of the state’s youths came from low-income households, compared with 36.5 percent eight years earlier, according to statistics compiled by Voices for Children in Nebraska, the advocacy group for young people that produces the report. A low-income household is one in which wage-earners make below 200 percent of the federal poverty line…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty