Wednesday, August 10, 2011

The recession’s effect on children: More kids face homelessness, poverty

A larger number of children fell into poverty between 2008 and 2009 than was ever recorded before in a single year, going back to 1960. Nearly 21 percent of children lived in poverty as of 2009, the most recent year for which data is available, making children more likely than any other age group to be poor.

The number of homeless children in America's public schools increased by 41 percent between the 2006 and 2008 school years, a recent report by the Children's Defense Fund says. Homelessness among pre-school aged children spiked by 43 percent over the same period. These children are more likely to repeat a grade, fall ill, suffer from mental disorders like anxiety and go hungry than their peers, according to data from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.Mississippi, Washington, D.C., Arkansas, Kentucky and New Mexico are the states with the highest percentages of poor children. A family of four that makes $22,500 a year or less is considered to be living in poverty.  - Yahoo! News


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