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Shays, Betsi – 1989
In Connecticut, the state with the highest per capita income in the country, 110,000 children, or 14.5 percent of the population, live in poverty; 39,000 of these poor children are 5 years of age or younger. Further, 38.5 percent of Black children and 62.3 percent of Hispanic children in Connecticut live in poverty. Poverty and membership in a…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Early Intervention, Education Work Relationship
