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December 13, 2004
Sad news -
10,000 V.I. children live in poverty, report shows
By AYESHA MORRIS
Saturday, December 11th 2004
ST. THOMAS - While child poverty has slightly dropped in the Virgin Islands, almost 10,000 local children, or 30.6 percent, remain impoverished - almost double the national average.
Those figures were at the core of the Kids Count report released Friday by the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands. The report tracks the well-being of children in the territory.
Kids Count is part of a national campaign funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation to trace 13 indicators of children's well-being - from the percentage of children living in poverty to the high school dropout rate, birth rate and violent crime arrest rate among teens.
Posted by afinta at December 13, 2004 01:09 AM
