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INFORMATION
ABOUT POVERTY
CONTEMPORARY REVIEW OF ISSUES
In the decade following 1964, poverty in the United States was reduced from about 19% to about 11%. Since then we have seen 10 year cycles between highs of 15% or so and lows around 12%. There is renewed interest in looking at poverty and its associated costs and problems. Targeting Poverty, a review published by the Center for Law and Social Policy, offers an overview of current thought about poverty related issues. Read the review....
ECONOMIC COSTS OF POVERTY
Most arguments for reducing poverty in the U.S., especially among children, rest on a moral case for doing so—one that emphasizes the unfairness of child poverty, and how it runs counter to our national creed of equal opportunity for all. But there is also an economic case for reducing child poverty.
This study suggests that the costs to the U.S. associated with childhood poverty total about $500B per year, or the equivalent of nearly 4 percent of GDP.
This article was created by the Center for American Progress Read the report...
HEALTH ISSUES AND POVERTY
An article by Woolf, et al. appeared in the October 2006 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Their research indicated the greatest increase in poverty between 2002 and 2004 was in the “severe” poverty tier—those whose incomes were 1/2 or less of the poverty level. They foresee serious health care and health care cost implications of this growing sector. Read the article...
AGING AND INDEPENDENCE
As the U.S. population ages, provision for the care of older citizens becomes an issue of greater concern. Clallam and Jefferson Counties are among the "oldest" counties in Washington. The Alliance for Aging Research has developed information about the costs and benefits of maintaining independence in the growing population. Read the research....
CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
The U.S. Census Bureau regularly publishes data and analyses. Some of these are related to issues of poverty, homelessness and health insurance. A press release in August 2006 offered the Bureau's then current assessment of poverty. A report on poverty and health insurance was also published in 2006. Read the report...
DYNAMICS OF POVERTY
Poverty rates are dynamic, like unemployment rates. There are events that trigger transitions into poverty, such as loss of a job or medical costs. For some people poverty can be a short term situation; for others longer. This study of the dynamics of poverty suggests that rates can be higher or lower for different reasons. Read the study...
AMERICA'S CHILDREN 2007
The Office of Management and Budget together with 22 Federal agencies and partners in private research organizations, fosters coordination, collaboration, and integration of Federal efforts to collect and report data on conditions and trends for children and families and calls attention to needs for new data about them. America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2007 is a compendium of 38 key indicators on important aspects of children's lives. Read the report....
SEIZING THE MOMENT 2008
The Center for Law And Social Policy (CLASP) produced this up-to date review of renewed public policy efforts around poverty in America. The review includes information on state-by state efforts as well as information about poverty in the nation as a whole. Read the report ...
Washington State information is innluded as well as references to the efforts o the Washington Poverty Advisory Committee and its report. Read the Poverty Advisory Committee Report ...
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