Poverty in New York

•  The South Bronx has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in New York City: 15%.  (source, Bronx teen pregnancy rate soars by Clare Trapasso, Daily News Writer Tuesday, March 4th 2008, 12:30 AM, ) Read more.
  
  
• New York City’s unemployment rate was 10.3% in October, while the national unemployment rate was 10.2%. (NY State Department of Labor, November 2009)
  

•   World Vision is working New York City’s highest risk neighborhoods. (Citizen’s Committee for Children, Keeping Track of New York City’s Children, 2008). 

• The Bronx has the highest percentage of children living below the poverty level than any other area of New York City (41.6% versus 28.8% citywide). (Citizen’s Committee for Children, Keeping Track of New York City’s Children, 2008).
  
  
• The Bronx has the highest percentage of children receiving public assistance than any other borough in New York City (20.8% and while 11.3% citywide). (Citizen’s Committee for Children, Keeping Track of New York City’s Children, 2008).
  
  
• In 2007, the average daily number of children in shelters was 13,783; the average number of families in shelters was 9,020 with an average length of stay at a shelter of 325 days. (Citizen’s Committee for Children, Keeping Track of New York City’s Children, 2008).
  
  
• New York City children are more likely to be hospitalized for preventable illnesses than children in the rest of the state. (Citizen’s Committee for Children, Keeping Track of New York City’s Children, 2008).
  
  
• 98,161 Bronx children were identified in 2006 as having an unmet need for out-of-school time services.
  
  
• Coalition for the Homeless reports that over 39,000 homeless people, including 10,000 homeless families, turn to shelters each night. This number excludes the many others who sleep on streets, public parks, or subways. (Coalition for the Homeless, 2008).
  
  
• Homelessness in 2009 in New York City has reached an all time high since the Great Depression of the 1930’s (Coalition for the Homeless, 2008).