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Economic Security / Poverty
WE PROMISE to work toward the goal of income security for all children and their families. This includes measures that assure adequate public assistance for those children whose caregivers are unable to work or are unable to earn enough to provide for their basic needs. We support a family's efforts to get ahead by making sure continuing education and job training is available to people of all means.
| 22% of U.S. children |
| 33% of Louisiana’s Children |
| 20% of children in EBR Parish live in extreme poverty |
| 40% of children in Orleans Parish live in poverty |
Predictor of lower IQ and poor school performance
Often large families living in small places
Environment more chaotic
Making it difficult to nurture
Poverty Study (Sroufe 1991)
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| 80% needed special education services |
| 70% had peer problems |
| 15% thrived |
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