Poverty

Sub-headings:

Homelessness

Working Poor

Children

Resources that deal with children living in poverty.

Resources in this category:

Arab American and Chaldean Council
http://www.arabacc.org/social_services.html

This Michigan-based family services institution serves the Middle Eastern Community with services such as emergency food service, translation and interpretation, family and job counseling and many more.

Global Impact
http://www.charity.org/

Global Impact is a federation of America's leading international humanitarian agencies. "Each year, Global Impact and it's member agencies touch over 206 million lives in virtually every developing country through disaster relief, education, health training and economic programs that promote self-sufficiency."

Institute for Research on Poverty
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/

"IRP is a center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States. As one of three Area Poverty Research Centers sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, it has a particular interest in poverty and family welfare in the Midwest." This site contains resources for topics such as news, seminars, training and education, publications and a list of related links.

National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
http://www.nlchp.org/

The Center advocates to protect the rights of homeless people and to implement solutions to end homelessness in America. It pursues three main strategies: impact litigation, policy advocacy, and public education. The Center relies on interns, volunteers, and the pro bono assistance of the private bar. The site contains general information about homelessness, vacant federal property acquisition publication list, legal and civil rights of homeless persons, education of homeless children, recent legal developments, food stamp information, recent legislative development, and links to related sites.

National Poverty Center
http://www.npc.umich.edu/poverty/

The National Poverty Center (NPC) "conducts and promotes multidisciplinary, policy-relevant research on the causes and consequences of poverty." Included in this site are frequently asked questions, news and events, research, publications and a list of links.

Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
http://www.oecd.org/

"For more than 40 years, the OECD has been one of the world's largest and most reliable sources of comparable statistics, and economic and social data. As well as collecting data, the OECD monitors trends, analyses and forecasts economic developments and researches social changes or evolving patterns in trade, environment, agriculture, technology, taxation and more. "

Pov.net
http://www.povnet.org/

Provides "public access to current legal information, resources and organizations that relate to welfare, housing, mental health, WCB, EI, CPP, First Nations, and other areas of law which are relevant to people who are physically, mentally, socially, economically or otherwise marginalized." This site contains online resources relevant to Canadian poverty. Resources include issues such as anti-poverty, organizing, housing and homelessness and women’s issues.

Poverty Net
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPOVERTY/0...

"Resources and support for people working to understand and alleviate poverty." Includes news, text of reports, and an extensive poverty databank.

World Hunger Notes
http://www.worldhunger.org/

As a service of the World Hunger Education Service, the goal of this website is to "inform the community of people interested in issues of hunger and poverty, the public, and policymakers, about the causes, extent, and efforts to end hunger and poverty in the United States and the world."