Utah is reducing its child poverty rate, one piece of data at a time
“The state of Utah is now trying to use data collected from agencies like Starley’s to figure out how to help support families. Beyond substance abuse and mental health issues, the state is looking at families that remain in poverty from generation to generation. A recent study from the Annie E. Casey Foundation credits that kind of effort in Utah with doing more than any other state in the nation to reduce its child poverty rate since 2010. Sixteen percent of Utah kids were living below the federal poverty line then; that’s compared to 11 percent now, according to the study.”