Child Poverty During the Great Recession: Predicting State Child Poverty Rates for 2010

First Focus and the Brookings Institution released a report that provides information on child poverty, specifically during the current recession. According to the Census Bureau, one fifth of children were poor in 2009, and this report is focused on predicting child poverty for 2010 by state. Between June 2009 and 2010, food stamp/SNAP benefit receipt increased by 21 percent and the unemployment statistics are showing that unemployment for 2010 was higher than 2009. From the data, this report estimates that the number of poor children increased by one million in 2010.