Roughly half of all kids living in the U.S. — 33 to 36.5 million — have a parent with a criminal record, and 2.7 million of them have a parent behind bars. Those kids are more likely to live in poverty and develop mental illnesses.

In San Francisco, two officials are getting ready to introduce a plan that would put in place a comprehensive support system in the city for students in that situation.

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