AUSTIN, Texas --- The financial collapse of 2008 and the absence of true economic recovery in the years since has left millions more children in poverty than before the recession. About 22 percent of American children live in poverty, and even that figure may not fully account for all those who are struggling. According to the annual Kids Count
Almost One-Third Of Children Live In Poverty In ‘The Richest Nation In The World’
Even the standard measurement of poverty, the “poverty line,” fails to accurately reflect the struggles of modern Americans to make ends meet.