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Monday, August 22, 2011

Recession Leads To Jump In Child Poverty Rates

Washington (CNN) -- The Wallaces know what it means to struggle.The recession may have ended two years ago, but the ripple effects continue to be felt across the country, including in the living room of their apartment in a public housing complex in Washington, D.C.

Nathan Wallace lost his job as a painter at a college in March 2008. His wife, Keana, lost her position as a medical assistant in July 2009. Since then, neither has been able to find steady work and they struggle to pay their bills and feed Keana's four children -- aged 17, 14, 9 and 7 -- from a previous marriage.The Wallaces, who used to bring in $5,000 a month, now take odd jobs and sell food to get by.

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  1. AnonymousAugust 22, 2011 at 12:22 PM

    What we really need is jobs programs design to get our children back to work. All the evil corporations sent all the child jobs overseas where child labor is much cheaper and put all of our children out of work. My children have had it really bad. My 13 YO has been forced to take a job mowing a single lawn basically for room and board and my 8 YO has been reduced to receiving a subsidy for doing nothing. When will it get better?

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