LANSING - Kids Count recently released their annual report and Michigan's youth is struggling in education and are well below the poverty line. The current poverty line for a family of four is $24,250

According to the report, Michigan is ranked 33rd in child well-being which is a slight improvement from last year as they were ranked 34th.

The mitten was ranked 35th in child poverty as nearly 1 in 4 children in Michigan are impoverished . New Hampshire tops the list with a 10% poverty rate and Mississippi was dead last with a rate of 35%

Alicia Guevara-Warren the Kids Count in Michigan Project Director says social programs are a potential solution.

"We know that one of the best way to help kids is to help their parents. So we need to invest in things like adult education and adult training. Ensuring that those programs are funded and are to help these students get into these programs but that they're flexible to support a non-traditional student," said Guevara-Warren

It's not all bad news for the mitten state as substance abuse amongst teenagers has decreased, there are less child deaths and more children are receiving health care. Michigan is ranked 23rd in health which is the highest ranking it has received in any category. 

Ingham County ranked 48th out of 82 counties in Michigan in child well-being. Teen birth has decreased by over eight percent in the past six years while confirmed child abuse has increased by 82 percent in the same span.