By Sarah Ladd

Kentucky Lantern

Many of Kentucky’s children continue to live in levels of poverty that child advocates call “unacceptable.”

The Kids Count Data Dashboard , released by Kentucky Youth Advocates this week, shows about 21% of children are living in food-insecure households, 20% live below the poverty level and 44% live in low-income households. Kids Count is part of a national initiative by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and measures child well-being based on a variety of measures — education, family life, trauma, incarceration and more.

In Eastern Kentucky, about 40% of children are growing up in childhood poverty, according to Terry Brooks, executive director of Kentucky Youth Advocates.

“Rates of poverty for Black kids in Kentucky continue to be at an unacceptable di

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