Child Poverty in America

Stephen Shames

Alicia Patterson Foundation

McGrath State Park, Ventura, CA - Mike Wallace has no job. His wife, sister and five children, including 6-year old Charlie, live in a 6-by-13-foot trailer in a state park campsite. They have been homeless for two years. The trailer was donated by a church group.

Stephen Shames, "Child Poverty in America," in POYi Archive, Item #13819, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/13819 (accessed June 8, 2025).