8/4/09
Write your state legislators a letter explaining to them that Minnesota's child poverty rate has climbed 33% since 2000 and that this is unacceptable. Ask your lawmakers to commit to work on the recommendations of the Legislative Commission to End Poverty by 2020 when the legislature is back in session. Minnesota data from the 2009 KIDS COUNT Data Book are summarized below:

Homeland Insecurity Video from Every Child Matters: