Tag: Elizabeth Burke Bryant
R.I. KIDS COUNT: Annual Factbook shows slight increase in child poverty,...
PROVIDENCE – After back-to-back years of decreases in the amount of children living in poverty, Rhode Island saw a slight increase in 2018, Rhode...
Study: R.I.’s concentrated poverty rates for minority children outpace national average
PROVIDENCE – Racial disparities for Rhode Island children living in poverty run deeper than national averages, according to a report released Tuesday by Rhode...
R.I. KIDS COUNT: Child poverty on decline, as other challenges rise
PROVIDENCE – The percentage of Rhode Island children living in poverty continues to decline, edging down to 16.6% in 2017 from 17% a year...
Who’s on the Board?
Mission: Rhode Island KIDS COUNT improves the health, safety, education, economic well-being and development of Rhode Island’s children.
Year founded: 1994
Executive director: Elizabeth Burke Bryant
2017...
Report: R.I.’s Latino students fare worst in U.S. in educational success
PROVIDENCE – African-American and Latino children face systemic barriers to healthy development in Rhode Island, the latter facing the worst prospects in the U.S.,...
R.I. KIDS COUNT Factbook warns of low birth rates
PROVIDENCE – There has been a 15 percent decline in Rhode Island’s child population from 2000 to 2015, according to the latest Rhode Island...
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