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	Podcast:		WNPR
	Episode:		Kids Count Report Highlights Connecticut’s Racial, Ethnic Disparities in Child Well-Being
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:02:01
	Publish Date:		2019-08-06 13:24:39
	Description:		At first glance, it looks like Connecticut is one of the best states for the well-being of children. The state is ranked eighth in the country by the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s most recent Kids Count report, which measures how children and families do in education, community and family, health, and economic well-being. But Liz Fraser, policy director for the Connecticut Association for Human Services, said after diving deeper into the data, it’s clear that significant racial and ethnic disparities remain in Connecticut. “When parents do better and have more opportunity for economic mobility, the data shows that their children will do better as well, there’s more opportunity to move where they want to move or to go to better schools,” she said. “And in our state, the children who have more opportunity are generally white children.” Fraser and her colleague Sheryl Horowitz, association chief researcher and evaluation officer, presented further analysis of this year’s report to lawmakers
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