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Data & Resources

The Impact of the Budget Debate on Your State: An Advocate’s Guide to Helpful Resources, CHN (Updated 10/10/11)
- See also: State-by-State Resources

US Census Bureau: 2010 American Community Survey, Single Year Estimates (9/22/11)

US Census Bureau: 2010 American Community Survey, Highlights (9/22/11)

US Census Bureau: Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage: 2010, Current Population Survey (9/13/11)

Coalition on Human Needs Declares the Recession is Not Over for a Record-Breaking 46.2 Million Poor Americans, CHN Statement (9/13/11)

First Look: The Great Recession Has Not Ended for the Poor and Uninsured - 46 Million Poor; 50 Million Uninsured in 2010, compiled by CHN (9/13/11)

Poverty Data Resource Guide, Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity (9/13/11)

SAVE for All Website: An extensive compilation of material about the economy, poverty, jobs, and threats to needed services

American Community Survey Data:

Current Population Survey State and Local Data:

Poverty & Income

Health Insurance

Analysis and Research
CBPP: Child Poverty Up in Most States, with Damaging Consequences (9/26/11)
MassBudget: 2010 Census Analysis (9/13/11)
The Social IMPACT Research Center: Midwest Struggling with Anemic Economic Recovery (9/13/11)
CBPP: Making Sense of Next Week's Poverty Data (9/9/11)
CBPP: The Census Bureau's Upcoming Report on Health Insurance (9/9/11)
CLASP: At the Forefront: Poverty Impact Projections (August 2011)

News

National News
New York Times: 2010 Data Show Surge in Poor Young Families (9/19/11)
CLASP: How Many More Have to Fall into Poverty Before We Say Enough? (9/13/11)
Jodie Levin-Epstein in the Huffington Post: Poverty Reduction: The Invisible Hand of Government (9/13/11)
CLC: Children's Leadership Council Decries "Disgraceful" Continuing Trend of High Child Poverty Rate in U.S. (9/13/11)
Center for American Progress: Census Data Underscore the Urgency of Enacting Job-Creation Measures (9/13/11)
NELP: Millions Saved From Poverty Due to Unemployment Insurance, Social Security; Household Incomes Fall as Wages Decline (9/13/11)
CEPR: New Census Numbers Make it Official: 2000-2010 Was a Lost Economic Decade (9/13/11)
NWLC: NWLC Analysis of New Census Data Shows Record Numbers of Women in Poverty, Without Health Insurance (9/13/11)
CBPP: Statement: Robert Greenstein, President, on Census' 2010 Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance Data (9/13/11)
FRAC: Census Bureau Releases New Poverty Data - SNAP Lifting 3.9 Million People Above Poverty Line (9/13/11)
CBPP: Today's Census Report in Pictures (9/13/11)
Half in Ten: New Poverty Data Requires Urgent Response to Create Jobs and Opportunity (9/13/11)
Health Care for America Now!: HCAN Statement on Declining Number of Young Adults Without Health Insurance Coverage (9/13/11)
CBPP: Why the Upcoming Poverty Numbers Matter (9/12/11)

State News
Joint Economic Committee: JEC Releases State-by-State Report on Impact of Recession on Income and Poverty (9/26/11)
Indiana Institute for Working Families: Indiana Sees Increase in Child Poverty and Those Who are Severely Poor (9/23/11)
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Recession Continues to Hammer Oregonians, Particularly Children and Minorities (9/23/11)
Community Action Partnership in the Baltimore Sun: Poverty is rising, but help is available (9/20/11)
Indiana Institute for Working Families: Indiana Experiences One of the Highest Poverty Rate Increases in the Country in 2010 (9/13/11)
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Oregon’s Poverty Increase Underscores Need for Action: Statement by OCPP executive director Chuck Sheketoff (9/13/11)
Danielle Ewen in the Huffington Post: To Grow the Economy, We Must Pay Attention to Child Poverty (9/13/11)


Timetable for Release of the 2010 Data

September 13
Current Population Survey (CPS) national and state data on income, poverty, and health insurance.

September 22
American Community Survey (ACS) poverty and income data for state, locality, county, and congressional district. Also lots of other social, demographic and housing data (including education, immigrant status, racial/ethnic breakdowns, family composition, disability status).


Tools

Tell Congress that Rising Poverty Rates are Unacceptable with this Emailable Letter.

CHN Letter-to-the-Editor Package with Sample LTEs (Updated 9/22/11)

NWLC: State-By-State Poverty Data from the 2010 Census (9/23/11)

Feeding America: Map the Gap (9/23/11)

Citizens for Tax Justice: Policy Options to Raise Revenue (9/23/11)

Half in Ten: Interactive Map: 2010 Poverty Data by State (9/22/11)

Half in Ten: Interactive Map: 2010 Poverty Data by Congressional District (9/22/11)


Audio Briefings:

Wake Up Call to the Nation Webinar

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