Posted on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 at 1:13 pm | Leave a Comment
By: Las Vegas Now Staff

Nevada scores poorly when it comes to the well being of its children, especially in the areas of uninsured children and children incarcerated.

Those findings are part of a new report by Every Child Matters, which is a non-profit group that bases its rankings on 10 standards.

The group uses child well-being standards to ranks the states from best to worst. Nevada ranked 43rd in the nation our of all 50 states. It’s worst rankings included; uninsured children, child welfare expenses, child vulnerability and juvenile incarceration. 

   
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