Help CNN bring change to places that need it most. Columnist John D. Sutter is tackling five topics that readers selected in an online vote. This story, on child poverty in Silicon Valley, is fifth in the series. To navigate the interactive story, click the arrow buttons at the bottom of the screen, press the arrow keys on your keyboard, or swipe left and right.

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Introduction

$1,000 a month for a garage

'Tale of two valleys'

Two jobs and homeless

Poverty and the brain

Life on $2 a day

'The Jungle'

'It's a choice'

Solution one: Housing subsidies

Solution two: Minimum wage

Solution three: Preschool

Solution four: Cash for the poor

Choose a solution

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Credits:

Story: John D. Sutter

Videography: Brandon Ancil

Photography: Brandon Ancil, John D. Sutter

Photo editing: Brett Roegiers

Design: Alberto Mier

Development: Curt Merrill