The well-being of Colorado children depends largely on where they live.
The creators of an annual Colorado survey on child well-being presented their report at the Capitol Monday, March 23, and focused on the differences in poverty, health and education for children living in rural, urban and suburban parts of the state.
The child poverty rate in Colorado dropped in 2013 for the first time in five years, according to the 2015 edition of KIDS COUNT in Colorado! The report’s authors said they are cautiously optimistic about the potential start of a continued downward trend.
In Summit County, however, social service providers say much work is still needed on persistent issues affecting local kids and families.
“I was frustrated a little bit to see some of the changes from the last report,” said Rob Murphy, assistant director with the nonprofit Family and Intercultural Resource Center (FIRC) in Silverthorne.
[For more of this story, written by Alli Langley, go to http://www.summitdaily.com/new...ounty-amid-statewide]
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