- 44 percent of children statewide in 2011 were poor or low-income, study says, By Yuxing Zheng, April 23, 2013, The Oregonian: “About 44 percent of children in Oregon in 2011 were poor or low-income, including 23 percent who lived in poverty, according to a study released today by Children First for Oregon. In 2011, an estimated 197,346 children under the age of 18 were living at or below the federal poverty line, which the study set at $22,350 for a family of four. That’s roughly 23.4 percent of children who were living in poverty, up from 21.7 percent in 2010 and 19.4 percent in 2009…”
- Childhood poverty on the rise in Marion County, By Laura Fosmire, April 23, 2013, Statesman Journal: “More than half of all children living in Marion County in 2011 were from low-income families — and almost a third were living in poverty, according to a new report on Oregon children’s health and safety. The numbers come from the 2012 County Data book, an annual publication from nonprofit advocacy group Children First for Oregon. The report identifies a number of troubling trends for Oregon’s children, especially in light of a slowly recovering economy. Even as the economy recovered, an additional 12,800 children statewide slipped into poverty last year. Of all the children in the state, 23.4 percent were found living in poverty in 2011…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty