Sentences with phrase «bearing on child poverty»

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Of the 698 children born on Kauai in 1955, 201 were in the high - risk category, exposed to various combinations of perinatal trauma, family discord, chronic poverty, and alcoholic, under - educated, or mentally disturbed parents.

This paper reports on a study of how mothers» participation in the Legacy for ChildrenTM intervention (Legacy) improves the health and well - being of children born into poverty.

Dr. Born, cited a figure in his Powerpoint presentation that one in five American children are living on or near the poverty line.

According to Dr. Borne's research on child poverty rates, «According to the 2010 U.S. guidelines, the poverty line is $ 22,050 for a four - person family.

According to Save the Children, which commissioned this unique series to mark the launch of its first ever domestic appeal and survey of child poverty in the UK, Britain's poorest youngsters are bearing the brunt of austerity, while parents on modest incomes are increasingly struggling.

If those same people who supported this bill spent as much time working on taking care of children after they are born as they do before they are born, then my district would not have a 16 percent child poverty rate, 11 percent of the children in my district would not be without health insurance, and education statewide would not be ranked so low compared to other states.