Report: More Orange County children facing hunger during pandemic
Though the lives of Orange County’s children are improving in many ways, the county’s youngest residents continue to struggle with obesity, poverty, housing and getting enough to eat — issues that COVID-19 appears to be worsening — according to newly released data.
The annual Report on the Conditions of Children, presented to the Orange County Board of Supervisors and published on the Health Care Agency’s website on Tuesday, Nov. 3, tracks 10-year trends and recent data in four areas of children’s lives: Good Health, Economic Well-Being, Educational Achievement, and Safe Homes and Communities.
This is the 26th annual report on the lives of youngsters, who make up nearly one-quarter of the county’s 3.2 million residents.
