Author: Claire Trageser
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Report: Number of Colorado kids living in poverty soars
The number of Colorado children living in poverty increased by more than 88,000, or 85 percent, between 2000 and 2007, according to the annual Kids Count report released Tuesday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a private charity for disadvantaged children. This increase, which left the state with almost 192,000 children living below the federal…