Photo: #The front cover of the 2007 Kids Count Data Book, an annual report from the Children's Defense Fund Minnesota.
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The front cover of the 2007 Kids Count Data Book, an annual report from the Children's Defense Fund Minnesota. (Image Courtesy of the Chidren's Defense Fund Minnesota)

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Poverty rate for Minnesota children soars

Broadcast: Midday, 05/08/2007, 11:00 a.m.

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Minnesota saw the steepest increase in child poverty rates in the nation this year -- up 63 percent from last year -- according to a report from the Children's Defense Fund Minnesota. What is behind that troubling statistic?

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  • Jim Koppel: Executive director of the Children's Defense Fund Minnesota.

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