Two examples of our Essentials for Childhood challenges:

Black child poverty rate holds steady, even as other groups see declines

http://www.pewresearch.org/fac...groups-see-declines/

In terms of absolute numbers, there are now more black children in poverty in the US than white children even though there are three times more white children than black.  Also Hispanic/Latino children account for the most in absolute numbers.

Opportunity Gap:

http://www.everychildmatters.o...ortunity-gap-in-iowa

Harvard scholar and author Robert Putnam documents in his 2015 book, Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, a disturbing national trend – the growing class-based Opportunity Gap that curtails life chances for kids from less-than-wealthy families