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Article: STATISTICS SHOW 1-YEAR DECLINE Fewer state children in poverty But ranks of youngsters near the poverty level may be growing
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- February 2, 1996
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An estimated 35,000 Wisconsin children climbed out of poverty in
1994, the latest year for which statistics are available, according
to figures reported Thursday by the Wisconsin Council on Children
and Families.
The statistics also indicate that the ranks of near-poor children
in the state may be growing and that few of the children escaping
poverty are likely to be African-American, according to Nan Brien,
associate director of the council.
The state's overall child-poverty picture appears to be rosier
than the national picture painted Thursday in Washington, when the
Children's Defense Fund released its annual report on "The State of
America's Children Yearbook, 1996."
Fund officials ...