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July 20-25, 2008 - Social Action Summer Institute, Atlanta, GA includes a Catholic Social Teaching Track with Fr. Thomas Massaro, SJ and Sr. Barbara Reid, OP, and an Advanced Symposium on Racism, led by outstanding sociologists, theologians, and pastoral ministers. Diocesan and parish staff, commission members, and other leaders will have opportunities to sharpen their skills in the Parish Skills for Social Action track and the Diocesan Skills for Social Action track. Participants will also have an opportunity to visit the King Centers during commemorations of the 40th anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination.
Sept. 24-27, 2008 - SVDP Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY The Society's 175th anniversary continues!
February 22-25, 2009 - Catholic Social Ministry Gathering, Washington, DC Partner organization wrap around sessions, February 19-22, 2009. Theme: "Christ Our Hope: Healing a Broken World." http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/projects/csmgindex.shtml
2008 SVDP Regional Meeting Schedule
2008 Dates
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May 1-4, 2008
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May 15-17, 2008
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May 29-31, 2008
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June 5-8, 2008
Northeast Regional (Buffalo, NY)
June 20-21, 2008
Midwest Regional (Des Moines, IA)
June 18-21, 2008
Western Regional (Boise, ID)
June 27-29, 2008
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Library of Congress Roll Call Votes
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/rollcallvotes.html#SENATE
US House of Representatives 110th Congress
(2006-07)
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/index.asp
US Senate 110th Congress (2006-07)
Roll Call Votes:
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_110_1.htm
http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/a_three_sections_with_teasers/votes.htm
Congressional Directory, President of the
http://capwiz.com/catholiccharitiesusa/dbq/officials/
Poverty in the
US Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/poverty.html
Federal Regulations
Find, view and comment on regulations for all Federal
agencies.
Select “all documents open for comment” button for complete
listing.
http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main
Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America by 2020 http://povertyinamerica.typepad.com/campaign/about_the_campaign.html
Poverty in America A Threat to the Common Good, Catholic Charities 2006 Policy Paper, http://povertyinamerica.typepad.com/2006_poverty_paper.pdf
Poverty and Racism: Overlapping Threats to the Common Good, Catholic Charities 2007 Policy Paper,
http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=874&srcid=193
Catholic Charities Legislative Action Center http://capwiz.com/catholiccharitiesusa/home/
This webpage links to the daily House and Senate schedule along with other helpful links.
CLASP: "State Governments and the New Commitment to Reduce Poverty in America" http://www.clasp.org/process_search.php?skip=0
This report (4/08) from the Center for Law and Social Policy provides state-by-state narratives and Charts of state intiatives.
By the Numbers
The Catholic Church in the United States (statistics) http://www.usccb.org/comm/statisti.shtml
Catholic Campaign for Human Development Poverty Pulse Survey
2007: http://www.usccb.org/cchd/PovertyPulseVII.pdf finds that Americans think more US poverty would threaten national security (media release http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2007/07-027.shtml)
2006: http://www.usccb.org/cchd/PovertyPulse_06.pdf finds that Americans fear poverty will get worse and want it decreased or eliminated (media release http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2006/06-011.shtml )
Food Assistance
Farm Bill (March 11, 2008 release) http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/national/action_alert_farm_bill_conferees03-10-08final.pdf
Farm Bill 2007 updates and information http://www.agriculture.senate.gov/
Food Stamp Access In America: A City-By-City Snapshot. Food Research and Action Center. October 2007.
Study looked at Food Stamps in 24 of America's largest urban areas. According to the findings, "urban Americans are more likely to be poor, to suffer from hunger and food insecurity than other Americans, and to have to pay more for food." In addition: "In most of the urban areas, at least one child in four lived below the poverty line in 2005, and in combination the 24 were home to more than two and a quarter million poor children."
State of the States: 2007, A Profile of Food & Nutrition Programs across the Nation. Food Research and Action Center. June 2007. http://www.frac.org
The 2006 Annual Report by the USDA's Economic Research Service on Nutrition Assistance Programs is found at http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/eib6-4/ (Economic Information Bulletin No. (EIB-6-4) 6pp, February 2007) Per the report, "Over 60 percent of USDA's annual budget supports 15 domestic food and nutrition assistance programs."
Effect of State Food Stamp and TANF Policies on Food Stamp Program Participation
This study was conducted by The Urban Institute under research agreement number 43-3AEM-3-80085 with the Economic Research Service to look at program participation. "The effectiveness of the Food Stamp Program (FSP) depends on the extent to which it reaches those who are entitled to benefits. In the mid- to late 1990s, participation fell sharply. In recent years, it rebounded somewhat, reaching 65.1 percent in 2005. Changes in participation patterns can be attributed partly to economic fluctuations, but they were also shaped by the rapidly changing State policy environment. This study combines data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996-2003, with data on State-level food stamp, welfare, minimum wage, and Earned Income Tax Credit policy to investigate the effects of policy on food stamp participation. The findings show strong evidence that some Food Stamp Program policy reforms made after 1999 (such as more lenient vehicle-exemption policies, longer recertification periods, and expanded categorical eligibility) increased food stamp participation. The use of biometric technology, such as fingerprinting, however, lowered participation. The study shows less consistent evidence that more lenient immigrant eligibility rules, simplified reporting, Electronic Benefit Transfers, or outreach spending raised food stamp participation." Released Tuesday, January 8, 2008. http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/CCR36/
Housing and Homelessness
Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness, National Alliance to End Homelessness.
http://naeh.org/section/tools/tenyearplan
Local and State 10 year plans to end homelessness are found at http://naeh.org/section/tools/communityplans
What Will it Take to End Homelessness, by Martha Burt, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC, Sept. 2001.
http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/end_homelessness.pdf
Homeless prevention emphasis.
Homeless in America: A Review of the Literature by Heidi Sommer,
Urban Homelessness and Public Policy Solutions Conference, Jan. 22, 2001
http://www.igs.berkeley.edu/events/homeless/NewHomelessnessBook1.pdf
The Mortgage Crisis: Economic and Fiscal Implications for Metro Areas: http://usmayors.org/uscm/news/press_releases/documents/mortgagereport_112707.pdf
This report from the US Council of Mayors and the Council for the New American City was prepared by Global Insight, Nov. 26, 2007.
National Data on Homelessness is available at: http://www.endhomelessness.org/section/data
According to the report recent proposals to expand the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's definition of homeless to include households that are doubled up for economic reasons would increase the current homeless population (744,313 on any given night) by 3.8 million" if the definition were expanded. http://www.endhomelessness.org/content/general/detail/1779
"Affordable Housing Needs Report" prepared in May 2007 for Congress
http://www.huduser.org/intercept.asp?loc=/Publications/pdf/AffHsgNeeds.pdf http://www.huduser.org/Publications/pdf/AffHsgNeeds.pdf
According to the report the percent of Americans identified as experiencing "worst case needs," increased to 5.99 million in 2005, a 16 percent increase since 2003. Approximately 77 percent of those households were considered extremely low income (earning 30 percent of area median income). "Worst case needs" are defined as unassisted renters with low incomes who either pay over 50 percent of their income to rent or live in substandard housing.
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)
· Table compares three US Census surveys (American Community, American Housing, Current Population) and provides links to each http://www.nlihc.org/doc/092906comparison.pdf
· NLIHC Housing Crisis Fact Sheet (Fall 2006) http://www.nlihc.org/detail/article.cfm?article_id=3424&id=21 and http://www.nlihc.org/detail/article.cfm?article_id=3730&id=21
· NLIHC Congressional District Profiles on Housing (Jan. 26, 2007) http://www.nlihc.org/detail/article.cfm?article_id=3810&id=21
The
·
Key data on homelessness in
·
2006 Voter Rights Registration Packet
co
sponsored by the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Law
Center on Homelessness and Poverty. It contains a state-by-state chart of
homeless peoples’ voting rights as well as steps to take in registering the
homeless to vote.
http://www.nlchp.org/FA_CIVILRIGHTS/2006%20Voter%20Rights%20Manual.pdf
Income and Assistance
Federal Reserve Board. Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF).
http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/oss/oss2/scfindex.html This is a triennial survey of the balance sheet, pension, income, and other demographic characteristics of US families.
Living Wage Calculator and US Department of Labor, State-by-State Minimum Wage
Internal Revenue Service, Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
Food Stamp Challenge, Can you live on $3.00 per person per day for a week? Take the challenge! Can you come up with nutritious meals that fit the budget?
Poverty in the
According to government data released August 28, 2007, while the U.S. poverty rate fell slightly for the first time this decade, more people are living without health insurance and the bulk of the nation's poor are children. In 2006 the poverty was down to 12.3 percent from 12.6 percent a year earlier, according to the Census Bureau's report on Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States. This totals 36.5 million Americans, who live below the poverty line, which is defined as having an annual income of about $10,000 for an individual or $20,000 for a family of four. Children make up one-fourth of the total US population and represent 35 percent of those living in poverty.
Reference:
1. DeNavas-Wilt, C, Proctor, BD, Smith, J. Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006. US Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration, US Census Bureau. August 2007.
2. Webster, BH and Bishaw, A. Income, Earnings, and Poverty Data From the 2006 American Community Survey. US Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration, US Census Bureau. August 2007.
3. More information is available on the US Census Bureau website: http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/news_conferences/010500.html
State Fact Sheets
Economic Research Service State Fact Sheets contain frequently requested data for each state and for the total United States including: current data on population, per-capita income, earnings per job, poverty rates, employment, unemployment, farm and farm-related jobs, farm characteristics, farm financial characteristics, top agricultural commodities, top export commodities, and the top counties in agricultural sales. (
(2007 data on population is available. Released Friday, March 21, 2008) Information is based on 2005 poverty data. http://www.ers.usdagov/StateFacts/
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Irons, John. "Typical Family Sees Income and Earnings Decline." Sept. 5, 2007. This income and earnings snapshot is available on the Economics Policy Institute website at http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/webfeatures_snapshots_20070905
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According to
US Census data (released August 2006) poverty remains steady; the poor are
poorer. There are 37 million poor in the
References:
1. DeNavas-Walt, C,
Proctor, BD,
2. Webster, BH and Bishaw,
A.
Income,
Earnings, and Poverty Data From the 2005 American
Community Survey. US
Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration, US Census
Bureau. August 2006.
See also
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2006/income_poverty_differences.html
for a description of both reports above.
Working Families in the
Economic Policy Institute
reports that
poverty remains unchanged and inequality rose in 2005.
http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/webfeatures_econindicators_income20060829
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities uses government data
about poverty, wages and salaries, and the number of uninsured as evidence that
many middle- and lower-income Americans are not sharing in the gains of the
economic recovery.
http://www.cbpp.org/policy-points9-1-06.pdf
Child Care Assistance Challenges
Many low-income
families are unable to receive the child care help they need. Among the challenges are meeting income eligibility
criteria, long waiting lists and rising co-payments. The National Women’s
·
Center-based care for one child can cost between
$3,000 and $13,000 per year depending on geographical location and the age of
the child.
·
States continue under funding programs that help
low-income families pay for child care according to the report.
·
States are significantly behind where they were in
both 2005 and 2001 in the area of reimbursement rates for child care providers,
and only nine states have adequate reimbursement rates for providers serving
low-income clients.
·
Two-thirds of states increased income eligibility
to adjust it to, or surpass inflation between 2005 and 2006.
The 2006 report,
“State Child Care Assistance Policies 2006: Gaps Remain, With New Challenges
Ahead” by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) covers 50 states.
http://www.nwlc.org/pdf/StateChildCareAssistancePoliciesReport2006.pdf
Government Food Assistance: FY 2006 Midyear Report
USDA
expenditures increased 7 percent (over the first half of FY2005) for 15 food
assistance programs totaling $27.7 billion during the first half of fiscal 2006
(October 2005-March 2006). Five programs
account for 96 percent of USDA’s total food assistance expenditures. The five include: the Food Stamp Program; the National School
Lunch Program; the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants,
and Children (WIC); the School Breakfast Program; and the Child and Adult Care
Food Program. The FY 2006 Midyear report uses preliminary data from USDA’s Food
and Nutrition Service to examine trends in the programs at the midpoint of
fiscal 2006, and summarizes a number of Economic Research Service research
reports on the Food Stamp Program released in recent years that may help inform
discussions of the 2007 reauthorization of the farm bill. See
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB6-3/
Report on Concentrated Poverty Across
Berube, Alan
and Katz, Bruce.
"Katrina's Window: Confronting Concentrated
Poverty Across
http://www.brookings.edu/metro/pubs/20051012_concentratedpoverty.htm
Immigration
SCHIP
Protecting America's Future: A State-by-State Look at SCHIP & Uninsured Kids. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. August 8, 2007.
Public Perceptions of SCHIP. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. http://covertheuninsured.org/research/survey0807/
Uninsured in the
The Census Bureau reports
that the numbers of uninsured (without health insurance) grew in 2005 by 1.3
million people to 46.6 million. One in
six people have no health insurance.
The proportion
and number of uninsured children increased between 2004 and 2005, from 10.8
percent to 11.2 percent reaching a total of 8.3 million, uninsured.
References:
1. DeNavas-Walt, C,
Proctor, BD,
2. Webster, BH and Bishaw,
A.
Income, Earnings,
and Poverty Data From the 2005 American Community
Survey. US
Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration, US Census
Bureau. August 2006.
See also
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2006/income_poverty_differences.html
for a description of both reports above.
Uninsured Children in
the
One out of every nine children in the
References:
1. Families
State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
SCHIP needs to be reauthorized and funding agreed to by the U.S. Congress and the White House before September 30,2007. This is the expiration date for SCHIP. Without SCHIP coverage, healthcare for vulnerable children nationwide will be in jeopardy.
Reference:
SCHIP report, "Protecting America's Future: A State-By-State Look at SCHIP & Uninsured Kids," (August 2007) by the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation may be downloaded from http://covertheuninsured.org/
Restorative Justice
US Census American Community Survey
This is the US Census Bureau's first in-depth look at people in prisons since the 1980 Census. Press release (Sept. 27, 2007) is found at: http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/010709.html
Criminal Justice System in the
The number of
persons in the criminal justice system in
The SVDP-USA
annual report for 2005 (2) shows that members of the Society from every region
in the
References:
1. Glaze, LE and Palia,
S.
Probation
and Parole in the United States, 2004. Bureau of Justice
Statistics Bulletin. Nov. 2005.
2. Society of St. Vincent de Paul. National Council of the
3.
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/tost_6.html#6_a
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Key Tool in the
Alleviation of Poverty: Education
Education at a Glance 2005 released by the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (www.oecd.org) provides comparable indicators on the performance of
educational systems in countries around the world including the
Surviving a Disaster:
www.72hours.org
--Website created by
FEMA Guide to Citizen
Preparedness, Are You Ready?
(English)
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/areyouready/areyouready_full.pdf
(Spanish)
http://www.fema.gov/spanish/areyouready/index_spa.shtm
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The following information
on legislation and positions from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). It is provided for
informational purposes.
i.
MEDICAID:
URGENT ACTION ALERT
(10/25/05) - A joint USCCB -CHA -CCUSA alert and
letter (from July)
to urge House Energy and Commerce Committee
to preserve health care for the poor by:
1) Opposing cuts in Medicaid funding which could have a negative impact on the poor and vulnerable
2) Opposing changes to Medicaid co-payment or premium requirements which could result in people who rely on Medicaid losing access to or being denied needed health care because of inability to pay.
3) Maintaining a federal standard of core benefits, necessary for the maintenance of good health, to which all Medicaid beneficiaries are entitled.
-- Oppose
cuts in Medicaid funding which could have a negative impact on the poor and
vulnerable
-- Oppose changes to Medicaid co-payment or premium requirements
which
could result in people who rely on Medicaid losing access to or being denied
needed health care because of inability to pay.
-- Maintain a federal standard of core benefits, necessary for the
maintenance of good health, to which all Medicaid beneficiaries are
entitled.
-- Congress' first priority should be to make sure the health care
needs of Katrina survivors are met. Lawmakers should postpone decisions
about cuts in Medicaid until we know the full scope of those health care needs
and what resources will be needed in the future to meet those needs.
State of the States 2006 report (a profile of food and nutrition
programs across the nation) by Food Research Action Center (FRAC)
http://www.frac.org/Press_Release/03.15.06.html
. The report is found at
http://www.frac.org/State_Of_States/2006/2006_SOS_Report.pdf
In a
USDA report released Oct. 27, 2005: "USDA expenditures for its 15
food assistance programs totaled $25.9 billion during the first half of fiscal
2005 (October 2004-March 2005), an 11-percent increase over the first half of
fiscal 2004. Five programs—the Food Stamp Program, the National School Lunch
Program, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and
Children (WIC), the School Breakfast Program, and the Child and Adult Care Food
Program—accounted for 95 percent of USDA's total expenditures for food
assistance. Spending on each of these five programs grew during the first
half of fiscal 2005 relative to the first half of fiscal year 2004, but most of
the increase was due to the Food Stamp Program."
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/eib6-1/
iii.
"The
prevalence of food insecurity in the
October 19, 2005
Washington
Post,
"Senate Plan to Cut Food Stamps Dies" -- Per the article "After
protests from Agriculture Committee members Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) and James M.
Talent (R-Mo.), panel Chairman Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.)
dropped more than $500 million in food stamp cuts from a farm and food subsidy
measure coming to a committee vote today. The cuts could have meant a loss of
benefits for 300,000 working families benefiting from more generous eligibility
rules in some states."
FOOD
STAMP ACTION ALERT (10/11/05) - From USCCB on urgent action needed.
USCCB ACTION ALERT (8-3-05) -
Protecting Food Stamp Funding and related to this from USCCB is
Agriculture 2006 Budget
Reconciliation: a Challenge and an Opportunity
FOOD STAMP UPDATE (9/15/05) from USCCB:
Congressional committees have been working on plans to cut $10 billion from Medicaid and $3 billion from several other programs including the Food Stamp Program. The original schedule required the relevant committees to finalize their proposals by September 16. However, because of the need to focus on disaster relief response in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Congress has extended that deadline to October 19. It is possible that date could slip again. In the meantime, please continue to contact your Senators and Representatives with the following messages:
--The Food Stamp program is key to making sure over 23 million people - low-income families, children, the elderly and people with disabilities - avoid hunger.
-- Ask them to oppose budget cuts in the Food Stamp
program, which would result in lowering or cutting assistance people who
receive, and rely on, food stamps.
-- Many Katrina survivors, left with no resources, will need the help of
Food Stamps to feed their families - cutting Food Stamp funding at a time when
more people will rely on it does not make sense.
USCCB
ACTION ALERT- 9-20-05 to advocate for adequate funds for critical domestic and
international programs
iv.
HOUSING:
Affordable Housing Letter
and Affordable
Housing Fund in Jeopardy (10/21/05)
HR 1461 -The
compromise would prohibit non-profit organizations--including religious
organizations--that do voter registration from applying for and receiving
grants from the Affordable Housing Fund to build or preserve affordable
housing.
Affordable
Housing Fund (8-3-05) Members of Congress are trying to create an Affordable
Housing Fund to provide money to build and restore housing for extremely
low and very low income families
v.
IMMIGRATION: USCCB
Urges Comprehensive Immigration Reform
USCCB email from Dan Misleh
10/18/05:
Please
contact your Senators to Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform and Oppose
Enforcement-Only Proposals The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding hearings
today (October 18th) on immigration reform and could consider comprehensive
immigration reform before the end of the year.
The
U.S. Catholic Bishop's Justice for Immigrants Campaign is actively engaging in
this debate and needs your help. Please contact your Senators to Support
Comprehensive Immigration Reform and Oppose Enforcement-Only Proposals.
The
U.S. bishops are supporting comprehensive immigration reform as embodied in the
Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act of 2005 [S-1033, introduced by
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA), and H.R. 2330,
introduced by Representatives Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), and Luis
Gutierrez (D-IL)]
HR4437 seeks
to criminalize those who are undocumented and living in the
More
specifically, the application of criminal penalties to individuals, including
It is found in its entirety at: http://www.usccb.org/mrs/hr4437.shtml
Disappointingly, HR4437 passed the House. It is found at http://thomas.loc.gov/ Since passage in the House, HR4437 was received by the Senate 12/17/05.
vi.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE:
The Second Chance
Act (8-3-05) HR 1704 aims to reduce recidivism rates and the
Streamlined Procedures Act
(8-3-05) S 1088 would change habeas corpus procedures so those convicted
of murder would not be able to (unreasonably) delay their executions.
Action Alert (9/7/05) Habeas Corpus.
vii.
DEBT RELIEF:
USCCB ACTION ALERT (8-19-05) -- Urge
US Senators to honor the
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Our
thoughts and prayers are with the people affected by Hurricane Katrina and its
aftermath.
USCCB
Statement on Hurricane
Katrina
Register for Federal
Assistance: Go to
www.fema.gov or contact FEMA at 1/800-621-FEMA
or 1/800-621-3362; TTY – 1/800-462-7585. Federal Emergency
Management Agency, disaster aid information online:
http://fema.gov/about/process/
American Red
Cross:
www.redcross.org/services/disaster
Locating
Loved Ones:
www.katrinalist.net -- The Katrina
People Finder is a worldwide effort organized by information technology
specialists and volunteers to combine information from several on line
databases (including the American Red Cross) into a single searchable database
to help people find one another.
The database contains more than 80,000 names and also provides a means for
people to share information by adding to the list.
Katrina Information Map: www.scipionus.com
-- The map is "intended for the use of people affected by Hurricane
Katrina who have or are trying to find information about the status of specific
locations affected by the storm and its aftermath. "
Maps of Hurricane Damage:
www.kathryncramer.com/photos/new_orleans_flooding/index.html
-- Site created to provide "a visual understanding of what was happening
to
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More Poverty News...
Millenium Development Goals: The 8-31-05 issue of The
Economist magazine (www.economist.com) published the story, "Crunch
Time for UN Reform," which provides an update on the status of the
Millennium Development Goals.
175 world leaders are scheduled to meet in mid
September, and the gathering "was originally to be a five-year review of
the 2000 Millennium Summit, the most notable product of which was the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
These include worthy aims such as halving abject poverty and
achieving universal primary education by 2015," according to The Economist.
"As desirable as these goals are, there seems little hope of achieving
the panoply of policy objectives embedded in the MDGs;
the UN itself is already complaining about the lack of progress," reports
The
Economist.
The US Census report, "Income,
Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the
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In the
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The number in poverty totaled 37.0 million in 2004 (a
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The poverty rate for children in
2004 remained unchanged at 17.8%
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In 2004, 9.8 % of seniors (65+
years of age) lived in poverty with 11.3% of people 18 to 64 in poverty.
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While the number of people with health
insurance coverage rose by 2.0 million between 2003 and 2004, the number of
people without health insurance coverage also increased (800,000).
the number of people without health insurance
coverage: 45.8 million. 15.7% of people have no health insurance
coverage.
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For a family of four, the average
poverty threshold income in 2004 was $19,307. It was $15,067 for a family of
three, $12,334 for a family of two and $9,645 for individuals. (p 45)
Neault N, Cook JT, Morris V, Frank DA. "The
Real Cost of a Healthy Diet: Healthful Foods Are Out of Reach for Low-Income
Families in