Child poverty rates in the United States have increased significantly since 2000, peaking in 2010 at the highest level since the 1960's. Furthermore, the place in which a child spends his or her childhood has increasingly come to determine that child's future income opportunities. This presentation from NACo's research team highlights the critical issue of childhood poverty in America and introduces some potential resources that counties can use to confront the problem and break the cycle of generational poverty.