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Among the 675,000 Dallas County students of amazing diversity 242,000 are poor enough to qualify for assisted lunch,

With welfare reform the number of children enrolled in Medicaid has fallen and the number of children receiving Food Stamps has dropped by 44%. Children's Medical Center of Dallas now reports many more children are going hungry or are not adequately nourished.

31.5% of children in Dallas County live in single parent households. A majority of these  have limited economic means and thin support systems.

Latch-key children in these circumstances score worse on measurements of health, education, emotional, and behavioral problems and are twice as likely to abuse alcohol, tobacco, and drugs