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First Focus - The Cost of Doing Nothing An addition of three million children to the ranks of the poor would mean an overall economic loss of at least $1.7 trillion over the lifetime of these children.

Measuring Poverty in the United States By: Sarah Fass    April 2009 This document is brought to you by the National Center for Children in Poverty

From The Center for American Progress - found at the Voices For Action website: http://www.michigan.gov/poverty

This assessment was conducted during a two week period in September 2008