Poverty

Latest News
Op-ed by Deborah Weinstein on the Huffington Post: During Older Americans Month, Let's Focus on Keeping the Elderly Out of Poverty (5/1/09)
HNR: Counting the Poor: House Subcommittee Holds Hearing About Getting a More Accurate Tally (7/21/08)
Half in Ten Campaign Urges Senate Appropriators to Pass a Stimulus Package that Alleviates Mounting Economic Hardship and Boosts the Economy (5/12/08)

First Focus: Turning Point: The Long Term Effects of Recession-Induced Child Poverty (May 2009)
First Focus: The Cost of Doing Nothing: the Economic Impact of Recession-Induced Child Poverty (12/17/08)
CBPP: Recession Could Cause Large Increases in Poverty and Push Millions into Deep Poverty: Stimulus Package Should Include Policies to Ameliorate Harshest Effects of Downturn (11/24/08)
Massachusetts Citizens for Children & Massachusetts Kids Count: Child Poverty in Massachusetts: A Tale of Two Cities (9/16/08)

Government Resources

GAO: Poverty In America: Economic Research Shows Adverse Impacts on Health Status and Other Social Conditions as well as the Economic Growth Rate (January 2007)
HHS: The 2007 HHS Poverty Guidelines

Census Data
Total Poverty Rates, 2000-2007, American Community Survey (8/26/08)
Child Poverty Rates, 2000-2007, American Community Survey (8/26/08)
Family Poverty Rates, 2000-2007, American Community Survey (8/26/08)
Median Household Income, 2000-2007, American Community Survey (8/26/08)
People in Poverty, 1999/2000 - 2006/2007, Current Population Survey (8/26/08)
People in Poverty, 2000/2001 - 2006/2007, Current Population Survey (8/26/08)
Median Household Income, 2000/2001 - 2006/2007, Current Population Survey (8/26/08)

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Presidential Campaigns & Poverty

Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity - Foundations Ask Presidential Candidates What They'll Do for America
Shriver Center: 2008 Presidential Candidate Survey (9/11/07)
Zero to Three: Be a Voice for Babies: A Presidential Agenda to Support Famlilies with Vulnerable Infants and Toddlers (August 2007)
Every Child Matters: Homeland Insecurity: Why Children Must be a Priority in the 2008 Presidential Campaign (December 2006)