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"The wages at issue involve workers who care for some 440,000 low-income disabled and elderly Californians"

"According to the American Community Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau, 11 percent of the city's population is 65, and 23 percent are living below the poverty line"

"It was financed mostly with $8 million in federal low-income housing tax credits distributed by the state"

"'Many lower income seniors live in areas where crime is increasing,' Economopoulos said. 'In some cases, they are unable to make changes to their homes that would make them safer - such as alarms systems and better locks - because of finances'"

"Founded in Midland, Texas in 1973, Rebuilding Together allows its affiliate to choose a particularly needy low-income group in their community. In the Pittsburgh area, that is the elderly population"

"Nearly 40,000 seniors live in poverty in Philadelphia, a statistic that will grow as boomers retire"

"The law allowing only one paying resident in each foster home was intended to ensure that most of the beds in such homes were available to low-income people on Medicaid"

"According to the Illinois Food Bank Association, 900,000 people are served annually throughout the state by area food pantries, 35 percent of which are children and 15 percent are seniors"

"Before the program was available, low-income seniors who needed some help often had no choice but to move into a nursing home even if they really didn't need nursing care"

"The Vermont Housing Finance Agency says it's hoping to sell the building to an owner who'll manage it and keep the current residents in place"

"A new apartment complex in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward is giving some older people a chance to return, more than 3 years after Hurricane Katrina forced them to other cities"

"Because of the silence -- coupled with the limited access most low-income women have to quality health care -- cancer is often discovered in African-American women at late stages"