“The State of America’s Children is absolutely horrific and what’s worst of all is that very few people in America know about this…added to this we’re going through what I call a Main Street Depression, it is worse than the 1930s…”-Stephen Lendman, commentator Chicago

The Annie E. Casey Foundation, a non-profit child advocacy group, revealed that 31 million children live in families that are one or two paychecks away from economic catastrophe.

The Casey Foundation’s study also found that between 2007 and 2009, 5.3 million children had to leave their homes due to foreclosure.

The Children’s Defense Fund echo’s the Casey Foundation’s report.  The CDF says the bad economy is driving up the number of children involved with dropping out of school, hunger, crime, etc, to record levels.

Many other organizations are coming up with corresponding data.