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Child Poverty

Child poverty is a policy decision, one that costs the United States an estimated $1.1 trillion a year. First Focus on Children leads the U.S. Child Poverty Action Group, a coalition of organizations working to get federal lawmakers to set — and then to achieve — a national child poverty reduction target.

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Oct 12, 2009 Child Poverty

Child Poverty Will Cost State

Hartford Business, By Karen Jarmoc … Connecticut is confronting significant challenges. Increasing job loss, homelessness, and hunger are part...