‘It won’t happen for free’: Deep South advocates say political will and investment are missing for children in the region

‘It won’t happen for free’: Deep South advocates say political will and investment are missing for children in the region

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas rank among the lowest in the country on child well-being, according to the latest KIDS COUNT Data Book released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Advocates across all three states said the path forward requires not just good policy, but the political will to fund it. Deep South Today on Monday convened a virtual forum, which was…