The National Center for Children in Poverty presents a webinar on

Federal and Local Efforts to Modernize the Poverty Measure

Date:   January 11th, 2010
Time:  1:30PM – 3:00PM (EST)

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Moderator:  

Janice Cooper, Interim Director, National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Panelists:

How do we measure poverty in the United States? Using a methodology developed in the 1960s, the federal poverty level is set by multiplying the cost of food by three – a factor derived from data indicating that families spent a third of their income on food.  Since then, the cost of food has fallen to less than one-seventh of a family’s budget, while the cost of housing, child care, health care, and transportation have grown disproportionately. Despite these changes in family consumption, the poverty levels have been updated annually for inflation but have otherwise remained unchanged.  Efforts to develop a modern poverty measure that reflects current spending patterns, geographic differences in the cost of living, and government tax and benefit policies are underway.

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Following the presentations, there will be a question and answer session with panelists.

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Thanks to Tim Reese, California/Nevada Community Action Partnership for highlighting this information!