Concentrated Poverty In Idaho A Major Concern For Children’s Well-Being
“17,000 children in Idaho live in communities of concentrated poverty. Despite the growing economy, the percentage of kids in these areas has not gone down.
Neighborhoods where 30% or more of the residents are living in poverty are classified as areas of concentrated poverty. Alejandra Cerna Rios, the policy director for Idaho Voices for Children, told Idaho Matters growing up in these areas is one of the biggest threats to healthy childhood development”