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National Child Welfare Study Examines Recession

Posted on August 30, 2011 by phavens

A national study on child well-being from the Annie E. Casey Foundation finds that child poverty increased in 38 states from 2000 to 2009, according to the Associated Press. Nearly 15 million children — 20 percent of the child population — were poor in 2009, a 2.5 million increase from 2000. The percent of families with children who were asset poor jumped to 37%.

We encourage you to read this report to continue to better understand how current economic conditions continue to make it hard for struggling families to stay self-sufficient and how the cycles of homelessness, poverty, and domestic violence are all interwoven.

Read the study …