"In the last decade we've seen a gradual increase in children under 12," she said.
Local authorities fear the rapid increase in children being taken into care is becoming financially unsustainable.
Eduardo Porter recently reported in the Times that Manhattan is seeing an increase in children.
Increase in children discussing 'getting money tomorrow' and 'getting food on Friday'".
Administration officials have been particularly alarmed by the increase in children, many of them girls, under the age of 13.
"We are seeing an increase in children with tooth tissue loss associated with erosion," says Catriona Brown, a consultant paediatric dentist at the Birmingham Dental Hospital.
The rate of increase in children under age 5 jumped a full percentage point to 19.8percentt living below the poverty line from 18.8percentt a year earlier.
Officials at Family Services of Westchester attribute the increase in children to several factors, including a growing awareness about the value of mentoring, particularly in single-parent households, which account for about half of all matches.
They argue that the increase in children left at safe havens in Texas -- four infants were turned over last year -- likely was a response to a $200,000 media campaign.
Save the Children has been on the front lines in the migrant crisis, and said it was growing increasingly worried about an expected increase in children making the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean.
The increase in children lodging nightly with their families in the city's shelter system is part of the largest one-year rise in homeless people recorded in the city since its modern shelter system began in the early 1980's.
