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“Last year was a dynamic year for the Foundation, as it finalized its strategic plan, updated its mission statement and created a vision that families in South Carolina have the resources to live out of poverty.”
"More children live in poverty in the rural south than in any other region of the country."
"Nearly one in three U.S. children is overweight or obese. Children who are members of minority and low-income groups tend to be disproportionately affected."
“Yet, research suggests that families with income twice the poverty threshold experience as many material hardships as poor families, such as food insecurity, inadequate housing, and insufficient health care.”
"This part of Biloxi suffered near complete devastation. It was a severe blow to the largely minority neighborhood, where most of city's low-income residents live."
"Consistent with previous anniversary surveys in 2005, 1995, and 1985, a majority of adults age 18 and older believe Social Security is one of the most important government programs and that it provides financial security to older Americans and helps them remain independent."
"Since entering the higher-education sphere in late 2008, the Gates organization has financed numerous studies on dropout rates, channeled grants to community colleges, and explored technological avenues to raise graduation rates and help low-income students earn degrees to improve their job prospects."
"The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded its new Nonprofit Capacity Building Program grants totaling $1 million to increase the capacity of nonprofits to improve lives in communities facing economic hardships."
"The social service arm of the local Catholic church said Tuesday it's nearly out of relief money for emergency counseling, food and cash assistance to help families damaged by the BP oil spill because the oil company has not approved a replenishment the church requested in June."
"[T]he Index takes a 20-year view to understand where New Orleans was, where it is, and where it is going."
Seattle Housing and Resource Effort (SHARE), a grass-roots organization of homeless and formerly homeless individuals, may close 11 of its 15 shelters for lack of funds.
"In most states, median household income has fallen, and the share of persons living in low-income families has risen. And the decade cost the region many of the gains made during the 1990s; in many states, for example, poverty rates have returned to levels last seen
15 years ago."
"The grant by Venture Philanthropy Partners, a nonprofit organization using the principles of venture-capital investment to help children from low-income families in the Washington region, will fund Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) schools."
"Chances appear dim that President Obama will get anywhere near the full amount of money he requested in next year's budget for Promise Neighborhoods -- the program to help nonprofit groups set up antipoverty projects modeled on the Harlem Children's Zone."
"Even before the recession the costs to the United States associated with childhood poverty were calculated to total $500 billion per year—the equivalent of nearly 4 percent of GDP."
"For 21 years, the Annie E. Casey Foundation has published an annual KIDS COUNT Data Book, compiling the best data available on children and families in our nation and ranking every state on the well-being of its kids."
"The report, using the latest available information, says that the rate of children living in poverty in 2008 was 18 percent, indicating that 1 million more children were living in poverty in that year than in 2000."
"The support from the Special Fund for Poverty Alleviation aims to foster economic opportunities in low-income communities and help disconnected youth get back on track"
"Jobs for the Future and the National Fund for Workforce Solutions together received the next biggest grant, $7.7-million over two years, to provide job training and technical assistance to an additional 23,000 low-income people over three years"
"[The CLASS Act] specifies that full-time students who are working and persons with income
below the federal poverty level will pay nominal premiums."
There are a number of federally subsidized programs that help provide housing to low-income older adults.
Provides important data on older adults in poverty—who they are, where they live, and the challenges they face.
"As the only guarantee of income in retirement, Social Security has performed admirably over the years in keeping older Americans out of poverty"
"The foundation is acting as a clearinghouse for many of the donations, dividing the money among funds covering the environment, people, animals and long-term projects"
"An estimated 37 percent of Holocaust survivors in the U.S. live at or below the poverty level, about five times the rate of other elderly"
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