Child Poverty In Wyoming On The Rise

A new study says the number of children living in poverty in Wyoming has grown.

Wyoming Kids Count shared its findings  this week that  estimates 14 percent of the state’s children lived in poverty last year, up from 11 percent in 2005.

Kids Count Director Marc Homer says its  largely a result of the recession.

Even though Wyoming’s child poverty rate remains below the national average of 20 percent he says the effects of living at low income  have long-lasting impacts on the state.  Homar sites studies that show that adults who grew up in poverty didn’t go as far in school, earned less money and were more likely to report poor overall health.