Casey Foundation report shows increase in child poverty.National trends in child well-being are no longer improving in the rapid and sustained way they did in the late 1990s, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation According to their website, "the Annie E. Casey Foundation has worked to build better futures for disadvantaged children and their families in the United States." The foundation is a regular contributor to public broadcasting, including National Public Radio. . Among the negative trends: the number of children who live with parents facing persistent unemployment grew to 4 million, an increase of more than 1 million since 2000. These parents often face issues such as domestic violence, depression, substance abuse, and prior incarceration Confinement in a jail or prison; imprisonment. Police officers and other law enforcement officers are authorized by federal, state, and local lawmakers to arrest and confine persons suspected of crimes. The judicial system is authorized to confine persons convicted of crimes. that make connecting to the workforce especially difficult. The 16th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book shows a half million more children living in poverty in 2003 than 2000, for a total of nearly 13 million. The study also concludes that five out of 10 child well-being indicators worsened since 2000. In addition to child poverty, there was an increase in the percentage of low-birth-weight babies Noun 1. low-birth-weight baby - an infant born weighing less than 5.5 pounds (2500 grams) regardless of gestational age; "a low-birth-weight infant is at risk for developing lack of oxygen during labor" low-birth-weight infant between 2000 and 2002; an increase in infant mortality (hardware) infant mortality - It is common lore among hackers (and in the electronics industry at large) that the chances of sudden hardware failure drop off exponentially with a machine's time since first use (that is, until the relatively distant time at which enough mechanical for the first time in 40 years, having reached an all-time low in 2001; and a slight rise in the teen death rate between 2000 and 2002. These findings are in stark contrast with data in last year's KIDS COUNT study, which showed eight out of 10 key indicators improved from 1996 to 2001, a period of economic growth and significant expansion of public programs. |
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