Child Poverty

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The Children’s Aid Society knows that children in poverty often need support in nonmaterial dimensions of their lives, but we also know that the lack of material resources itself poses a staggering deterrent to child well-being. Community leaders must launch a strong and vocal campaign to encourage collaboration by government and private industry to ensure that hardworking parents can lift their children out of poverty by: (1) demanding that workers receive living wages, (2) supporting the development of two-parent families,and (3) assisting families to pursue post-secondary education.