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D,   E In this question, “furthermore” is a straight-ahead road sign. The sentence will continue in the same direction in which it starts, connecting a lack of funding with the needs of children, who will go wanting without assistance. The blank describes the children. A simple, accurate prediction is needy. The sentence doesn’t imply specifically what it is the children lack (food, shelter, education), and needy is broad enough to cover all contingencies. Choices (D) impecunious and (E) indigent both mean “impoverished” and thus create sentences with similar meanings. They both match your prediction, too. Reject choice (A) prodigal (wasteful) right off the bat; by definition, needy children can’t be prodigal. The same logic applies to choice (F) overindulged (spoiled); the children here are needy, not spoiled. While needy children could certainly be (B) malnourished,  “ underfed,” or (C) vagrant,  “ homeless,” these characterizations are too specific to create sentences similar to any others created by the answer choices. Choices (D) and (E) are the correct answers.