Fewer TN Kids in Poverty

Tennessee News Service has the story on kids in poverty in Tennessee -- and, finally, some good news on that front:

The number of Tennessee children living in poverty has fallen by 7%, according to a new report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

That makes the state one of 29 nationwide making progress in reducing child poverty. Richard Kennedy, executive director of the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, says an improved economy is a contributing factor.

"It would be difficult to not acknowledge just the tremendous growth that has happened,” says Kennedy, “especially in the Nashville and Middle Tennessee area, with investments and corporate-headquarter relocations."

Still, Kennedy points out there currently are 200,000 Tennessee children living in concentrated poverty – that's almost one in eight children in the state.

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