Economic Rebound Not Catching In Detroit As 60 Percent Of Kids Live In Poverty « CBS Detroit

60 Percent Of Detroit Children Live In Poverty: Report
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY INGRID BAZINET A young boy from a financially troubled family does his homework at the care centre Marti-Codolar in Barcelona on November 21, 2012 where he spends his afternoons with other children. Children from many families brought close to poverty by Spain's economic crisis benefit from free care services such as this free evening learning centre. AFP PHOTO/ JOSEP LAGO (Photo credit should read JOSEP LAGO/AFP/Getty Images)
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY INGRID BAZINET A young boy from a financially troubled family does his homework at the care centre Marti-Codolar in Barcelona on November 21, 2012 where he spends his afternoons with other children. Children from many families brought close to poverty by Spain's economic crisis benefit from free care services such as this free evening learning centre. AFP PHOTO/ JOSEP LAGO (Photo credit should read JOSEP LAGO/AFP/Getty Images)

DETROIT (WWJ) - Community agencies in Wayne County spent the lunch hour tackling a tough question - that for many doesn't have a clear cut answer.

Monday at Focus:HOPE more than 75 people sat to hear the Data Driven Detroit lecture entitled "How are the Children?"

And the answer was hard to swallow as now more than sixty percent of children living in Detroit live in poverty.

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