May 31
Community Action Agencies in the News - May 25, 2009 through May 31, 2009
Entries for month: May 2009
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.
May 25
Community Action Agencies in the News - May 18, 2009 through May 24, 2009
May 18
The TV Converter Box Coupon Program rolls out its Mobile Assistance Centers this week, providing consumers with one-on-one assistance in preparing for the end of the digital transition by June 12, 2009. Beginning this month, these traveling vans will visit 28 cities across the country with staff to help consumers apply for coupons and to demonstrate how to hook-up converter boxes...
May 18
Community Action Agencies in the News - May 11, 2009 through May 17, 2009