Paige Parks, executive director of Rhode Island Kids Count, spoke to morning host Luis Hernandez about what can be done to stop the increase in local child poverty. We also know that some of the programs that were helping children stay out of poverty during the pandemic also started to disappear. On the consequences of an increase in uninsured Rhode Island childrenParks: Our youngest children have about 14 series of shots that they have for immunizations from birth. More than half of our kids in Rhode Island are on Medicaid. The Urban Institute estimates that anywhere from 1,000 to 3,000 children in Rhode Island will lose their access to health insurance because of the new work-reporting requirements that are part of the federal [budget] package.