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Report: One in Four Texas Children Live in Poverty
For the 20th year, the Center for Public Policy Priorities has released its State of Texas Children report, measuring child well-being by race and ethnicity. Previously known as the Kids Count report, it finds that one in four Texas children live in poverty and “the poverty rates for Latino and Black children are nearly three […]
For the 20th year, the Center for Public Policy Priorities has released its State of Texas Children report, measuring child well-being by race and ethnicity. Previously known as the Kids Count report, it finds that one in four Texas children live in poverty and "the poverty rates for Latino and Black children are nearly three times higher than they are for White and Asian children."
