Full report
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In December 2015, a bipartisan group charged with developing solutions for inequality and family breakdown released a report called “Opportunity, Responsibility and Security: A Consensus Plan for Reducing Poverty and Restoring the American Dream.”
“This was the first time people from opposite sides came together to discuss the facts about the nature of poverty and mobility today,” says report co-author Kay Hymowitz. “Through shared values and old-fashioned compromise, we defined the problem and offered a solution.”
The problem is that childhood poverty for all races is nearly the same level today as it was in 1970 – 21.8 percent.
“Despite living in a richer country than we were in 1970, we have done very little to address child poverty,” says Hymowitz. “One of the major reasons for this number staying so stubbornly high is children are growing up in very different circumstances than in the past.