WY Children Living In Poverty Increases

A new study says the number of children living in poverty in Wyoming has grown. Wyoming Kids Count announced this week that an estimated 14% of the state's children lived in poverty last year. That's up from 11% in 2005. Kids Count Director Marc Homer tells the Casper Star-Tribune that the increase in poverty rates is largely a result of the recession. Wyoming's child poverty rate remains below the national average of 20%. But Homer says it could still have long-lasting impacts on the state because studies 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.