Oct 16
This first-ever New York State Community Action Impact Report shows the progress New York’s Community Action Network has made in addressing poverty in our state this past year.
Entries Tagged as 'Campaigns to Reduce Poverty'
Sep 22
This paper reviews the literature on poverty dynamics in the United States.
Jul 2
Ending Childhood Hunger by 2015: The Essential Strategies for Achieving the President's Goal
Campaigns to Reduce Poverty , More Highlights No Comments »The Food Research and Action Center has set out seven essential strategies in Ending Childhood Hunger by 2015: The Essential Strategies for Achieving the President's Goal.
May 26
Measuring Poverty in the United States is a fact sheet from the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP), which discusses how the U.S. government measures poverty, why the current measure is inadequate, and what alternative ways exist to measure economic hardship.
This News Feed also includes a number of basic family budget / self-sufficiency calculators that can be used to help differentiate between federally defined poverty income and actual family self-sufficiency levels. Additionally. some examples are given of how Community Action Agencies have incorporated self-sufficiency data as part of their agency's Community Needs Assessment Reports.
Apr 7
The Minnesota Legislative Commission to End Poverty was spurred by a broad consensus among people in faith communities that the existence of poverty, and our acceptance of it, counters the most basic values of justice...