Sunday, March 6, 2011

Hard times generation: homeless kids


I watched tonight  a tv programm which  touched me a lot.
(CBS News) "...One of the consequences of the recession that you don't hear a lot about is the record number of children descending into poverty.  The government considers a family of four to be impoverish
ed if they take in less than $22,000 a year. Based on that standard, and government projections of unemployment, it is estimated the poverty rate for kids in this country will soon hit 25 percent. Those children would be the largest American generation to be raised in hard times since the Great Depression.In Seminole County, near Orlando, Fla., so many kids have lost their homes that school busses now stop at dozens of cheap motels where families crowd into rooms, living week to week...".
visit: http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/title1/Home/FamiliesinTransition.asp


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