Rich states get low marks for poor kids
A study suggested low-income children in some of the wealthiest U.S. states don't have access to quality healthcare and education.
The Kids Count program at the Annie E. Casey Foundation in Baltimore, said in the report that some of the wealthiest states, including Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware, received the program's lowest marks in healthcare, education and family structure when only results from lower-income children were analyzed, USA Today reported Friday.
"Many states that looked as if they're doing quite well when all children were assessed don't look so good when you assess only low-income children," said study co-author William O'Hare, a demographer and senior fellow at the Kids Count program.
Ron Haskins, co-director of the Brookings Institution's Center on Children and Families, told USA Today the disparity can be partially attributed to large cities in the states that include pockets of impoverished neighborhoods and contain more families headed by single women. // Copyright 2007 by United Press International
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