What’s in the term low income?

One day this past week I thought I’d see if I could find #’s to support Kidz Klozet. The motto is: helping low income families make ends meet. Found some #’s indeed. After seeing this, I’m glad the choice was made to keep the closet going. Puts a little more understanding behind the blanket term low-income.

“More than 16 million children in the United States – 22% of all children – live in families with incomes below the Federal poverty level – $23,550 a year for a family of four. Research shows that, on average, families need an income of about twice that level to cover basic expenses. Using this standard, 45% of children live in low income families.
Most of these children have parents who work, but low wages and unstable employment leave their families struggling to make ends meet.”
“Child Poverty”
The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)

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