The new national Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT data book finds more and more Michigan children living in poverty, and more and more parents having trouble finding stable employment.
"The child poverty rate went up from 19 percent in 2005, to 23 percent in 2010," said Laura Speer with the Annie E. Casey Foundation. "About four out of 10 kids in Michigan don't have a parent who is working full-time year-around."
According to Speer, the recession has affected children all over America, not just in the Great Lakes state.
"The fact that there's a global recession in place, we're sort of all feeling the repercussions," Speer said. "But there were gains in educational attainment for kids in the United States."
According to the report, Michigan ranks 32nd in the nation in overall child well-being.
Speer said the one place Michigan did make progress was in getting children health insurance under Medicaid, as employer benefits were cut during the recession.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation, which published the data, is a contributor to NPR.
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