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MN child poverty rate spikes, children of color most affecte...

The number of Minnesota children living in poverty has jumped to 14 percent, according to the latest "Kids Count" report - the highest level since 1993 - and the disparities for children of color are widening. While Minnesota h [...]

Posted On : Mar, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Manchester father in child poverty plea to chancellor

Unemployed single parent Saeed Jan said that, after paying the bills, he was left with about £5 a week for himself and his daughter Hannah. He joined other parents asking George Osborne to include plans to help struggling families [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Over A Million British Children Mired In Poverty

The economic situation in Britain, which once ruled major parts of the world, is turning grim. Predictably it is the children who get hurt most. New research by Save the Children shows the number of children living in deepest poverty rem [...]

Posted On : Feb, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Half of S.C. children face poverty

Nearly half of the state's 1 million residents younger than 18 "lived in some officially measured degree of poverty" last year, according to a report issued Thursday. About half of all children qualified for Medicaid benefi [...]

Posted On : Feb, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Sultan finds childhood 'poverty' exists in West Vancouver

A West Vancouver Liberal MLA is calling for action on childcare and settlement programs for immigrants after an analysis he performed uncovered some unsettling trends among low-income families in one of Canada's wealthiest communitie [...]

Posted On : Feb, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Child poverty grows

Poverty among children has worsened dramatically in Michigan since 2000, according to a new report. More than a quarter of very young children (0-5) and a fifth of all children now live below the poverty line. Locally, the report f [...]

Posted On : Feb, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Report notes increase in Michigan child poverty

Michigan's decade-long economic slump has pushed more children into poverty and put more stress on social safety net programs that could help them and their families stay afloat, according to a Kids Count in Michigan report released [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Black leaders regroup to address widening poverty among Afri...

Two decades ago, 22 black leaders gathered for a retreat on farmland in rural Tennessee once owned by writer Alex Haley. The reason for the gathering, which included historian John Hope Franklin and civil rights matriarch Dorothy Height, [...]

Posted On : Jan, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Child poverty campaigners blast VAT increase

The Robin Hood Tax campaign group, which includes Barnardo's, Oxfam and Save the Children, has said the 2.5 per cent rise in VAT to 20 per cent will increase families' average VAT spending to £31 a week.This will disproport [...]

Posted On : Jan, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Numbers of children living in poverty on the increase

The number of children living in poverty and children suffering from abuse has risen since 2008. The official State of the Nation’s Children report showed how Ireland’s more vulnerable children were missing out on basic servi [...]

Posted On : Dec, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Iowa’s children increasingly living in poverty, in need of e...

When placed side-by-side, two new reports on the status of Iowa’s young children make clear the continued need for programs that address early education needs, especially for those living in poverty. According to new annual f [...]

Posted On : Dec, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Poverty among children rises in Bergen, Passaic

Poverty increased significantly for children in Bergen and Passaic counties over the last two years, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The poverty rate for Passaic County children ages 5 to 17 in families jumped to [...]

Posted On : Dec, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Labour's child poverty proposals welcomed

The Child Poverty Action Group has welcomed some of the ideas in a report on early years and poverty published yesterday. The report by Labour MP Frank Field said the race to succeed in life was over for many children by the day they fir [...]

Posted On : Dec, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Call for child poverty 'indicators'

The race to succeed in life is over for many children in the UK by the day they first arrive in primary school, a report has warned. By the age of just five, "huge class differences" already exist between the abilities of pupil [...]