Census Monitoring Board Releases Study on Poor Children
February 4, 2001 
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ — The Presidential
Members of the U.S. Census Monitoring Board released a study
today showing children in poverty are among the hardest hit by
an inaccurate census.
The study, which can be viewed at http://www.cmbp.gov, found that at least 532,769 and as many as 2,099,620 poor children were missed in the 1990 count. “If we are to combat child poverty, we must first ensure that every child is counted in the census,” said Gilbert F. Casellas, presidential co-chair of the Monitoring Board. “This study shows children will suffer the most if they don’t have mthe resources that an accurate and reliable census helps to ensure.”
Children in poverty depend on federal programs that rely on census data including Medicaid, Head Start, Foster Care, Adoption Assistance and Social Services Block Grants. The study suggests that decisions about required levels of funding for children could be adversely affected if corrected census data is not released in 2001. The 1990 census missed more than 2,000,000 children nationwide.
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