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Colorado’s child poverty rate is declining, but it is still higher than it was in 2000. The annual KIDS COUNT in Colorado! report found 15 percent of Colorado children are living below the poverty line — meaning they live in a home where the annual income for a family of four is less than $23,850.
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A new report says the number of children living in poverty in Colorado has dropped for the second straight year, falling to the same level as before the recession.
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A new report says the number of children living in poverty in Colorado has dropped for the second straight year, falling to the same level as before the recession.
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A new Kids Count report from the Colorado Children’s Campaign shows child poverty rates for the state are on the decline. For the second year in a row, child poverty rates have decreased across the state; a first for Colorado in more than a decade.
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A new report says the number of children living in poverty in Colorado has dropped for the second straight year, falling to the same level as before the recession.
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The Pikes Peak region’s child poverty rates remained above pre-recession levels in 2014 – bucking a promising statewide trend, according to the annual Kids Count report released Monday.
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