From WAMU (Jun 29)

"Washington D.C.’s child poverty rate spiked to more than 28% in 2024, according to the latest Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT Data Book. The annual report tracks child well-being nationwide across four areas: economic well-being, education, health, and family and community structures.

"Rachel Metz, data and research manager with DC Action, says the situation in D.C. might be even worse than the report reflects, given the data came out prior to the mass federal layoffs that cratered the local economy last year. She also notes the rise in child poverty was not evenly distributed.

“We know that it’s a much higher increase among Black children specifically, and that speaks to economic inequality in the District and the need to really reduce those gaps and increase affordability for all,” Metz explains."

Read the complete article online, including a link to the original data source.