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Archive Home > 2006 > February > 05 > Report: Local children face numerous challenges

Report: Local children face numerous challenges

Central Oregon kids more likely to live in poverty, lack health insurance than their peers around the state

By Yoko Minoura / The Bulletin
February 5, 2006

More Central Oregon children lived in poverty and lacked health insurance in 2005 than their peers around the state, according to a report released last week.

More than one-third of the children in Deschutes County qualified for free or reduced-price lunch, the report found. The figure climbed....

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