2.2: Child Poverty

Reduce Child Poverty

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Child Poverty Background: * Roughly ¼ California children (2.3 million) live in poverty, the highest child poverty rate in the country. * Children growing up in poverty experience life-long consequences. * The physiological brain impacts of poverty harm the academic outcomes of children living in poverty. * The economic impacts of the Great Recession and draconian budget cuts - at both the state and federal level - have worsened child poverty and its consequences in California.

Stakeholder(s):

• Children in California

Indicator(s):

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