Many individuals and families all across our region are facing hard economic times. According to the latest federal statistics, 18% of the Cincinnati Tri-state population now lives in poverty. And in in a two-square-mile area of Middletown, every single Latino child is poor by federal poverty standards.
Continuing the series exploring poverty in our region, WCPO reporter looked at the challenges faced by Middletown鈥檚 Latino community. Lucy May joins us, along with Lourdes Cordero, former outreach specialist with Middletown Schools, and Father Michael Pucke, pastor of in Hamilton, to discuss immigrants and poverty in our area.
To read the 9 On Your Side/WCPO report, 鈥淏elow the Line: Butler County, Middletown: Where Poverty and Immigration Meet,鈥� click .
Additional information about immigration issues is available from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops at the website .