Poverty takes toll on Utah kids, By Kirsten Stewart, March 31, 2011, Salt Lake Tribune: “If the well-being of Utah’s kids is a measure of the state’s overall fitness, then the 2011 ‘Kids Count’ shows the heavy toll of the recession. For 16 years, Voices for Utah Children has collected data on kids – from infant mortality to teen birth rates – as part of research sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation in Baltimore. Year after year, the numbers show Utah generally does well by its kids. The past two years were no different, except for a marked increase in poverty, said Terry Haven, the project’s director in Utah. Unemployment in families has grown, as has their use of food stamps and the number of students on free or reduced-price lunches…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty