Child Poverty in Colorado Rises Drasticly

The highest Rate Of Rising Child Poverty Was Measured In Colorado

The NYT article shows a study released by Colorado's Children's Campaign, which reveals that child wealth has dropped like nowhere else in the world.
"Most recent census data show that 180,000 children — 15.7 percent of the state total — were living in poverty in Colorado in 2006, a 73 percent increase since 2000." The suggested reasons for this are the rising number of single households in Canada, a shortage of jobs, an increase in Hispanics and a low rate of finished high school education “What the data is telling us is that we’re headed in the wrong direction in terms of taking care of our lower-income population,” the president of the Colorado Children’s Campaign, Megan Ferland, said. Politicians critisize that the states spend too less on the people. Canada is never thought of a country with a high rate of poverty, rather than one with a well structured government along with safety. But if nothing changes soon the poverty rate will start growing...