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Minnesota Statistics
13 percent, one in eight, of Minnesota children
live below the poverty line.
1 in 4 children in Minnesota live in families that make less than
185 percent of the poverty line.
In 2000, 104,262 children received food stamps in Minnesota.
1 of every 116 children in Minnesota had a substantiated report
of child abuse and neglect in 2000.
In 2000, 18,451 Minnesota children were placed in foster
care. |
Kids in foster care have spent most of their lives
having other people make decisions for them. Now they have an
opportunity to play a role in making the decisions that affect
them.
-Marian Saksena, CLC staff
attorney |
