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According to the new “2013 Kids Count Data Book” by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, children were severely impacted by the negative effects of the recession between 2005-2011. In 2011, 16.4 million children were living in poverty. In the same year, over 29 million children lived in households that spent 30 percent of their income on housing, according to the report.
