Child poverty
Monday, April 28th, 2008
By Staff
Jesus told us that the poor will always be among us. Even so, we can try to reduce their numbers in North Carolina.
But the trend is not in that direction of late, and if the latest report from Action for Children North Carolina is any indicator of where we are headed, the number of poor here will be growing considerably.
During the latter half of the 20th century, North Carolina made great strides against poverty. As our economy modernized and diversified, as our schools improved and we educated more of our people, income levels rose. In the 1990s, the childhood poverty rate was beneath the national average.
New factors in North Carolina, however, are driving up the rate of childhood poverty. Today, an unacceptable one-fifth of our children are poor. (more…)
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