Nearly 40-Percent Of Dallas Children Live In Poverty

(Dallas, TX) — City leaders are being told that Dallas is ground zero when it comes to child poverty.

A report presented yesterday to the City Council says nearly 40-percent of the city’s children live with families making less than 24-thousand dollars a year and something needs to be done.

The report says the childhood poverty rate in Dallas is worse than the nation’s ten largest cities. It also concludes that roughly 50-thousand Dallas children live in “extreme” poverty.