Number of Nevada children living in poverty climbs, By Trevon Milliard, July 10, 2012, Las Vegas Review-Journal: “One out of every five Nevada children lives in poverty, marking the highest youth poverty rate in the state’s recent history, according to the newly released 2011 installment of an annual report that tracks the well-being of children. ‘It’s not a surprising finding but a disappointing one,’ Stephen Brown, executive director of Nevada Kids Count, said Tuesday. The increase is a marked one from 2001, when one out of 10 children lived in poverty. The report charted improvements in other areas: the rates of teen births, infant mortalities, child deaths, teen deaths and high school dropouts all declined, according to the report, which is based on statistics obtained from numerous public agencies and state sources…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty