Showing posts with label Poverty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poverty. Show all posts

Friday, September 15, 2023

UNACCEPTABLE: Child poverty rates more than doubled in 2022


The U.S. Census Bureau found that the rate of child poverty has exploded across the country from 5.2 percent in 2021 to more than double that 12.4 percent in 2022.

According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, there are currently 753,000 children in Florida living in poverty, nearly 20 percent of all children in the state.

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