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Child poverty on the rise : "By Jenn McGarrigle - Nanaimo News Bulletin Nanaimo poverty advocates are not surprised that the BC child poverty rate is on the rise. The provincial child poverty rate rose to 12 per cent in 2009, from 10.4 per cent in 2008. The BC rate is also higher ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Child Poverty on the Rise in Riverhead : "By Joseph Pinciaro | Email the author | 6:40pm Recent data released by the United States Census Bureau shows an increase in child poverty in recent years in ...

Food stamp usage, child poverty on the rise in N.J. 2 million children were living in poverty in California , and1.8 million children were considered poor living in Texas. New Hampshire's child poverty rate was lowest at 10 percent. New Jersey's food stamp usage was lower than in all but one state. ...

Oregon Children Living in Poverty on the Rise : But the bottom line is the recession is having a dire impact on the health of new parents, and in turn, the welfare of their children. Between 2000 and 2009, the US child poverty rate rose by 18 percent. Those who work with the impoverished say the new ... KEZI TV

Food stamp usage, child poverty on the rise in N.J. BY BOB HOLT The national poverty rate is at 15.3 percent, the unemployment rate is around 9 percent, and people are continuing to feel the pinch in New Jersey. According to just released census figures, about one out of 15 state households received ...

Child poverty rate on the rise : "By Tracy Overstreet The number of Nebraska children growing up in poverty is at the highest it's been in the past decade. It rose from 10 percent in 2000 to 15.2 percent in 2009, according to US Census data in the latest Kids Count in Nebraska -- an ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Child poverty indicators on the rise in Otsego County “ Poverty in Michigan is as big of threat to our children today as polio was to a previous generation,” said Kids Count director Jane Zehnder-Merrell in an accompanying press release. According to the report, the number of children in Otsego County ...

Minnesota kids in poverty on the rise as cuts loom : The potential cuts come as the human toll of the Great Recession continues to be documented in fresh poverty data. The Annie E. Casey Foundation, though ranking Minnesota No. 2 for child health in its 2011 Kids Count Data Book, reports this week that ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | English | Las Américas

... that tax collections in Colorado have dropped by 25% in the past decade, while the number of children living in poverty increased by more than a 100%. From: http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kunc/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1738742/Regional/Colorado.Child.Poverty.Rates.on.the.Rise&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA28yq6ARIAlAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=lZkBYL3QBXM&usg=AFQjCNG-zF74djh7hZkV7KKNH5zfxtZiKQ

Number of poor young families on the rise : The report claimed that in Florida, children have been impacted greatly by the state's economic pitfalls. A press release explained that there has been “an eighteen percent increase in the US child poverty rate between 2000 and 2009. ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA | AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Poverty is on the Rise Locally and Nationally : "And we have one in four children in poverty . We have 4000 children who are food insecure." Food insecure is described as not having enough consistent access to healthy, nutritious food. And Scott Frasure says that can affect a child's current and ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA | AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Kids Count Report : " CARTERVILLE - The number of children in early childhood education programs in southern Illinois is on the rise, and educators say that's a good thing because poverty rates are increasing too. The latest Kids Count report shows the child poverty rate in ... WSIL TV "

Child Labour on rise in Twin Cities ISLAMABAD: Social circles and Citizens have expressed grave concerns over rising menace of Child Labour in twin cities, saying swelling poverty in the country is the main reason of child Labour . As the child Labour is a socially and culturally accepted ... Ireland | United Kingdom | America | Las Américas | Stigmabase | Egaylity

As Poverty Rise, Wrong Time to Cut : By Desmond Brown, -- US Census Bureau report on poverty in the United States shows record numbers of Americans fell into poverty, more families lost access to health care, and child poverty increased dramatically between ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA | AFRICA | English | Las Américas