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Kids Count: More children falling into poverty

Child abuse and neglect in Berrien County jumped 19 percent over the decade while more than half of Berrien K-12 children now qualify for free and reduced price lunches, the latest Kids Count in Michigan Data Book concludes. Michigan&r [...]

Posted On : Jan, 24 2012 | Comments : 0

Fuel poverty a risk to children's health, energy firms told

About 800,000 of Britain’s poorest families should qualify for a £120 discount on fuel bills through the Warm Homes Discount scheme. However, only 25,000 will actually benefit because of a lack of investment from the six leadi [...]

Posted On : Jan, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

When Children Become Victims of Poverty and Ignorance

The 'plights of the Akwa Ibom Children', as the Punch Newspapers editorial of 15 January, 2009 described the madness in the name of child-witches hunting and exorcising going on in the state, need the attention of every rational b [...]

Posted On : Dec, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Poverty of children demands attention

Odds are he’d be a poor person. Poverty is now epidemic among America’s children, and getting worse. Yet none of the presidential candidates, and neither the Republican majority in the House nor the Democrats in the Senate and [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Poverty worsens for local school-age children

The percentage of local school-age children living in poverty is increasing even as programs designed to meet their needs erode amid ongoing federal and state budget cuts. The poverty rate among children ages 5 to 17 living within Burb [...]

Posted On : Dec, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

4,705 children in York are living in poverty

NEARLY 5,000 children in York are living in poverty according to new figures – and the number is set to rise. City leaders are now drawing up a new action plan to help those in the “hotspots”. City of York Council figure [...]

Posted On : Nov, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Children's commissioners warn on child poverty

The commissioners for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, who champion children's rights, say cuts are already hitting "key children's services". They warn that benefits changes could push more families in to [...]

Posted On : Nov, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Hispanic Children in Poverty Exceed Whites, Study Finds

Hispanic children living in poverty in the United States outnumber poor white children for the first time, a demographic shift that was hastened by the recession, according to a report released Wednesday by the Pew Hispanic Center. The [...]

Posted On : Sep, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

25 percent of state's children live in poverty

The overall well-being of children in the United States has stagnated or decreased over the past decade, and New Mexico is no exception — as a new report on child poverty released Wednesday revealed. The 2011 Kids Count Data Book [...]

Posted On : Aug, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Poverty forces man to throw 4 children ?into river

Poverty and hunger forced a father to throw his four children into the Phuleli River near Hyderabad, Sindh province’s second largest city, a private cable TV reported on Tuesday. Police and neighbours identified the father as Javed [...]

Posted On : Jun, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

A third of children in Birmingham living in poverty

MORE than one in three children in Birmingham are living in poverty with thousands believing they will never achieve their goals in life. A new, disturbing report from youth charity The Prince’s Trust revealed that in Ladywood alone [...]

Posted On : May, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Do we care about 300,000 more children in poverty?

Much of my childhood was spent in south London's Battersea park, and a lot of my adulthood too, first with my four children in Battersea's adventure playground, and now with my grandchildren. The place inhabits the memories of gen [...]

Posted On : May, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

WALTHAM FOREST: More than one in three children living in po...

Over a third of children in Waltham Forest are living in poverty, according to new statistics. The 35% figure equates to 20,769 children in the borough and was released along with nationwide data by the Children in Poverty Action Group ( [...]

Posted On : Mar, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

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 [...]