The U.S. Senate last week launched a series of hearings into child well-being in America. Experts testified that the recession has caused child poverty to increase significantly over the past two years. By 2012, child poverty will rise to a rate of 25 percent; for single-parent families, that number is likely to reach 45 percent. Subcommittee Chairman Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) announced his plans “to introduce legislation to create a national commission on children, in order to regularly and closely examine the needs of American families and identify solutions.”
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