A Policy Roadmap to Ensure Our Country’s Prosperity is Broadly Shared
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): For too long, ordinary Americans have missed out on the gains of a growing economy, while the already-rich have captured much more than their fair share of that growth. In a new policy agenda, … Continued
Resources from Around the Coalition: 2017 Census Poverty Data
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/09/20/resources-around-coalition-2017-census-poverty-data/#.W6TzwntKgdU By CHN September 20, 2018 Editor’s note: The following blog post was written by Makenna Whitworth, CHN’s Fall 2018 intern. On Wednesday, September 12 and Thursday, September 13, the U.S. Census Bureau released the latest national, state, and local … Continued
Census Data Show Millions Left Behind
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): Child, Young Adult Poverty Rates Stagnate New Census data paint a bleak picture for low-income families struggling to make ends meet. After several years of sharply declining poverty rates, progress came to a screeching halt in 2017. … Continued
Unite Financial and Social Services to Give Women a Way Out of Poverty
Posted at https://spotlightonpoverty.org/spotlight-exclusives/unite-financial-and-social-services-to-give-women-a-way-out-of-poverty/ Adeline Azrack, Fondation CHANEL and Elena Chavez Quezada, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, posted on August 15, 2018 Mothers are now the sole or primary breadwinners in two out of every five U.S. families, and one out of four … Continued