When children are living in poverty, it can have long-term consequences for their health, education and their own economic status.
But in many cases, their families don鈥檛 have access to social services, or know where to get help.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation released its latest this week. It tracks several indicators about the well-being of children across the country. And it says some conditions are improving, but the number of North Carolina children living in poverty has risen to more than one in four.
Host Frank Stasio talks with Casey Blake, a reporter for the Asheville Citizen-Times who ; Ryan Fehrman, executive director of in Durham, which supports families with homeless children; and Laila Bell, research director at , the group that helped compile data for the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
