Children's Defense Fund Report: Children in the South

The South has a larger concentration of working poor families, parents with little education and more children without health insurance than in any other region. An August 2002 Children's Defense Fund report urges Congress to add $11.25 billion in child care funding, pass an improved Temporary Assistance for Needy Families bill to help families raise their incomes through work, and maintain Children's Health Insurance Program funding for states to avoid cutbacks in programs targeting families as state revenues shrink.