The Detroit News: Report: COVID-19 pandemic could erase years of progress on kids’ and families’ needs

Fewer Michigan children, young adults and households are living in poverty and the state’s rates of infant mortality, and death for teens and young adults have improved since 2010, according to 2021 Kids Count data profiles.

At the same time,the state saw an increase in child deaths and children in families investigated for abuse or neglect, according to the Michigan League for Public Policy’s 2021 Kids Count in Michigan Data Book released on Monday.

Read more in The Detroit News.

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