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May 2, 2006

Speaker addresses Providence's child poverty rate

PROVIDENCE -- Throwing up your hands and giving up after examining health and economic data about Providence children is not the answer, a policy analyst with Rhode Island KIDS COUNT said this morning.

Kathleen Keenan expects to talk this afternoon about what can be done in response to Census and other data that shows a high rate of child poverty in Providence.

Keenan's 1 p.m. session is free and open to the public at the Providence Children’s Museum, 100 South St. The 90-minute program is the first of six planned for the six Rhode Island communities with 15 percent or more children living in poverty, Keenan said.

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