A new report hopes to give the city of Rochester tools to prevent childhood poverty.

Members of Rochester City Council presented the findings on Tuesday.

The report was a collaboration with the Children’s Agenda. It outlines key causes of childhood poverty in the city and presents 13 possible solutions. These include creating more affordable housing, expanding programing at city R-Centers and affordable child care.

Nearly half of all children in Rochester live in poverty, according to reports from the New York State Comptroller's Office.

The report's findings reflect months of work within the community from leaders, including speaking to those who experienced childhood poverty themselves.

Rochester City Council Vice President LaShay Harris says sharing those stories was key to creating the report.

“I think that it's important to know what the components of poverty are and have children talk about what those components are and have them be in awareness that they are in poverty so they can find ways to dig themselves out with the navigational tools," Harris said.

The Rochester City Council People Parks and Public Works Committee is expected to consider the adoption of the report at its next meeting on April 8.

The full report can be found here.