Detroit: quality of life for children nation's worst

[Hypestyles]

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...text|FRONTPAGE child premature births, child death rates, especially for those under 1 years old, are at very high levels.

This is not just a police or criminal justice
problem,” Gray said. “This is a public health problem [[that requires) a
coordinated response from the public health agencies, the organized health
infrastructure, from the philanthropic community, the educational system.

“Virtually everything that touches our children and
youth in some way has to play a role. It really has to be a community effort to
address this crisis for our kids.”

Kristen McDonald, vice president of program and policy
at The Skillman Foundation, which focuses on improving the futures of Detroit
children, said “If kids aren’t safe, nothing else matters.”

“The homicide is horrific, but we actually have to get
to this comprehensive place where children are just plain safe, not only safe
from homicide but where they’re safe from any sort of attack or any violence
when they’re trying to get to school or after-school programs.”

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