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Child Poverty Rate in Chicot County over 50 percent
May 7th 2012

Earlier this spring we released a report that tracked our state's frustratingly-high child poverty rate. For years we have been struggling in Arkansas to make sure more kids are raised in an environment that provides them with a chance to succeed. Unfortunately, children raised in poverty don't fare as well as their more affluent peers who are raised in more stable environments.

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