Who Are America’s Poor Children?
The National Center for Children in Poverty has released a new report on the staggering numbers of American children growing up in low-income households, offering facts, analysis, and solutions.
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Half in Ten Goal
National Center for Children in Poverty Releases New Tool
The National Center for Children in Poverty has released an interactive “Basic Needs Budget Calculator,” showing the cost of minimum daily necessities to American families based on a number of criteria. Try the calculator here.
Joint Economic Committee Holds Hearing on a New Poverty Measure
Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), the Chairman and Vice Chair, respectively, of the Joint Economic Committee, will hold a hearing on a new poverty measure Thursday, September 25 at 10 am.
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A Letter to Senator Dodd in Support of a New Poverty Measure
Dear Senator Dodd:
The Half in Ten Campaign is writing in support of S.3636, the Measuring American Poverty Act, an important step toward improving the measure of poverty in this country.
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Rep. Jim McDermott Proposes a New Poverty Measure
Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA) has introduced the Measuring American Poverty Act of 2008 (H.R. 6941), which would update the federal government’s standard for calculating poverty. Read more »
A Letter to Rep. McDermott in Support of a New Poverty Measure
Dear Chairman McDermott:
The Half in Ten Campaign is writing in support of H.R. 6941, the Measuring American Poverty Act, an important step toward improving the measure of poverty in this country, and to thank you for your introduction of this legislation.
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State-by-State Data on Human Needs
The Coalition on Human Needs compiles sources of state data and analyses about federal and state budget issues, child welfare, health, housing and homelessness, labor and employment, disability, education, and general resources. Read more »
Counting the Poor: House Subcommittee Holds Hearing About Getting a More Accurate Tally
From the Coalition on Human Needs
New York City has begun a concerted effort to reduce poverty. They found that they needed a more accurate measure of income and expenditures among low-income people in order to assess whether their proposed anti-poverty policies would work. Mark Levitan, Director of Poverty Research for the New York City Center for Economic Opportunity, was one of several researchers and policy experts who testified in favor of modernizing the nation’s poverty standard at a hearing held by the House Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support (of the House Committee on Ways and Means) on Thursday, July 17. The hearing sought comments on draft legislation called the Measuring American Poverty Act of 2008, sponsored by the Subcommittee Chair, Jim McDermott (D-WA).
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