The National Center on Family Homelessness recently released America’s Youngest Outcasts, a report card on child homelessness.
The report ranked South Carolina 36th in the nation. Alabama was deemed the worst state for homelessness coming in dead last. The state that fared the best was Minnesota. It came in at number one.
The report ranked each state based on the following criteria:
- Extent of Child Homelessness (adjusted for state population)
- Child Well-Being
- Risk For Child Homelessness
- State Policy and Planning Efforts
According to the study, 2.5 million children are homeless annually in the U.S.
The report showed that from 2012 to 2013, there were more than 22,000 homeless children in South Carolina.
Twenty-seven percent of South Carolina children lived in poverty and 8.3 percent had no health insurance, the study also found.
For more information on the study, click here.
A lifelong Berkeley County resident, Nikki Gaskins Campbell is an Emmy-nominated journalist with more than 20 years of experience covering news. She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a degree in broadcast journalism.
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