According to the federal report for 2013 fiscal year, there is a decrease in the number of children who live in poverty.
These data lag by 2 years and have lots of missing data; whereby, the statistics are skewed.
The numbers are significantly higher nationally, by geographic regions and by certain populations.
Note: Hispanic includes children of all races. White, Not Hispanic does not include any Hispanic children and starting in 2002 excludes White, Not Hispanic children reporting multiple race categories. Black or African-American includes Hispanic children and starting in 2002 includes Black or African-American children reporting multiple race categories.
CHILD POVERTY
Children in African-American, Hispanic, and Non-Hispanic White Families
- For African-American children, the poverty rate in 2013 was 36.9 percent. The poverty rate for African-American children in 2013 was 5.4 percentage points higher than a decade earlier in 2002.
- For Hispanic children, the poverty rate in 2013 was 30.4 percent, a decrease from 33.8 percent in 2012. The poverty rate for Hispanic children in 2013 was 3.5 percentage points higher than the recent low in 2006.
- For non-Hispanic White children, the poverty rate was 10.7 percent in 2013. The poverty rate for non-Hispanic White children in 2013 was 1.6 percentage points higher than the recent low in 2000.
If you lump the"children of color", the disparities become an even more apparent reflection of current economic and social policy failures.
Children of color are labeled as "Targeted Populations", a codification of racial profiling.
Children of color are labeled as "Targeted Populations", a codification of racial profiling.
Number of US children in foster care up sharply
New federal figures show that for the first time in a decade, there was a notable increase last year in the number of U.S. children in foster care.
The annual report from the Department of Health and Human Services, released Wednesday, tallied 415,129 children in the foster care system as of September 30, 2014, up from about 401,000 a year earlier. The peak was 524,000 children in foster care in 2002, and the number had dropped steadily since 2005 before rising slightly in 2013.
The long-term drop resulted primarily from shifts in the policies and practices of state and county child welfare agencies. Many shortened stays in foster care, expedited adoptions and expanded preventive support for troubled families so more children avoided being removed from home in the first place.
It is time to include child welfare in justice reform discussions.
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