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Town Hall Meetings to Address Childhood Poverty : Sam Brownback announced Tuesday the dates for three town hall-style meetings that will focus on reducing childhood poverty in Kansas. The meetings, entitled “Rising to the Challenge: Reducing Childhood Poverty and Improving Childhood Outcomes in Kansas ...

Childhood poverty Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation spoke at a town hall meeting on childhood poverty sponsored by Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback. Rector said the best way to fight childhood poverty in Kansas is to encourage men and women to get married. ...

Poor, Homeless Students Living Out Of Cars As Childhood Poverty Climbs (VIDEO) More than 16 million children now live in poverty in the United States, the highest number since 1962. In all, 19.8 percent of school children were living in poverty in 2010, and childhood poverty rates increased significantly in one of every five US ...

Childhood Poverty and its Impact on Children's Health  - The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has made Poverty and Child Health a key strategic priority. Childhood poverty is a pervasive social issue ...

Report assesses childhood poverty in Va (AP) - The percentage of Virginia children living in poverty in 2010 was at its highest rate since 1998, an anti- poverty group reported Tuesday. The total number of children living in poverty totals nearly 265000, or 14 percent of children under 18 in ...

Sultan finds childhood 'poverty' exists in W. Van : "Ralph Sultan, MLA for West #Vancouver-Capilano, made the recommendations in a discussion paper called Childhood Poverty in West Vancouver: Fact or Fiction, ...

Childhood Poverty Rate is Worse in DC Than Mexico, Says New Report : According to "Capital Kids," a new report on the state of children throughout the Washington region, the childhood poverty rate in D.C.—those kids living in a family of four taking in just $22,000 a year—stands at 30.4 percent, higher than Mexico's rate. DCist.com

Arizona making significant progress in reducing childhood poverty - According to the United Health Foundation's annual America's Health Rankings report, which was released last week, the childhood poverty rate in the ...

Five months on the run to end childhood poverty in Canada : "In an effort to mobilize Canadians to end childhood poverty in their country while raising money for World Vision Canada, Dymond along with Zaya Kuyena and Brittany Dickson are running from coast to coast on a five-month journey they've dubbed the One ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Fight childhood poverty by fully funding Great Start program Michigan's poverty rate in 2010 -- 16.8% of state residents -- was the highest in at least four decades. The state's child poverty rate rose to 23.5%, including an unconscionable 53.6% in Detroit, according to the 2010 American Community Survey. ...

Study: WI childhood poverty level more than double national avg. : The Wisconsin Council on Children and Families (WCCF) says La Crosse County has seen about a 40% increase in the number of children living in poverty during the last decade. It defines poverty as a family of four living on about $22000 or less per year ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA | AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Research Shows Marriage Reduces Childhood Poverty by Two Thirds The paper reports that only 5.8 percent of married families were living in poverty in 2009. "This research clearly documents why marriage is an important and fundamental part of society. Having the security of marriage in which to foster children is ...

Childhood poverty linked to smaller brain size  - In addition, the MRIs showed that two key brain structures were small in children living in poverty: the amygdala, a key structure in emotional health , and the  ...

The big emotional, financial costs of childhood poverty  - The effects of poverty on child health have been well-documented: Higher rates of infant death, prematurity, and low birth weight, upticks in the severity ...

Report: Childhood Poverty In Michigan Rises To 23% : "The new Kids Count data book released Wednesday by the Michigan League for Human Services shows 23 percent of Michigan's children now live in poverty , a 64 percent jump from a decade ago. That places the state at 38th in the country for the child ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Childhood poverty worsens in Multnomah County : "New estimates by the Census Bureau show that child poverty , already a serious problem in the eastern two-thirds of Multnomah County, worsened from 2008 to ...

Sobering realities of childhood poverty demand attention THE GLOBE does a great service by highlighting child poverty and its consequences (“A rising hunger among children; BMC sees more who are dangerously thin and facing lasting problems,'' Page A1, July 28). Massachusetts' relative wealth obscures the ...

Childhood Poverty Threatens California's Economic Prosperity ... The increasing number of California's Latino youth growing up in poverty threatens the long-term economic prosperity of the state with perhaps the nation's ...

Nurses fight childhood poverty by supporting new parents Conger's research on low-income families in rural Iowa shows that poverty impacts parenting style. Parents with low socio-economic status are more likely to display punitive behaviors such as yelling and shouting and less likely to display love and ...

Childhood poverty numbers continue soaring locally : Besides the Kids Data ranking, new U.S. Census measurements, which take cost of living into account, make California the state with the highest poverty rate in the nation, according to the annual Solano County Children's Report Card 2013. Under ...