Poverty Worsens for Michigan Children [Map]

Kids Count report shows increase in abuse, decrease in infant mortality.

A new report says the number of Michigan children living in poverty rose during the Great Recession. The Michigan League for Public Policy’s annual Kids Count survey shows a 23 percent increase in the state’s child poverty rate from 2006 through 2014. Alicia Guevara Warren is the league’s Kids Count project director. She tells WDET’s Pat Batcheller a third of the state’s children live in homes where parents don’t have a secure job. Click on the audio player to hear the conversation.

You can read the full report here.

Michigan League for Public Policy

 

Author

  • Pat Batcheller is a host and Senior News Editor for 101.9 WDET, presenting local news, traffic and weather updates during Morning Edition. He is an amateur musician.