COLUMBIA — Every day in Missouri in 2008, 255,953 children lived in poverty; 31 teens left high school without graduating, and 25 girls — ages 15 to 19 — gave birth, according to the Citizens for Missouri's Children's 17th edition of the Kids Count.
Report: Boone County ranks 10th in children's well-being
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 | 12:01 a.m. CST;
updated 11:31 a.m. CST, Wednesday, January 27, 2010
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