Book: Measuring Poverty: A New Approach
aspe.os.dhhs.gov/poverty/poverty.htm Source: National Research Council / National Academy Press homepage
Country: United States
Description:
Includes summary of the book and recommendations made in the book.[Back to top] Bread for the World
www.bread.org/ Source: Organization's WebSite
Country: United States
Description:
Bread for the World's members contact their senators and representatives about legislation that affects hungry people in the United States and worldwide. Bread for the World does not provide direct relief or development assistance. Rather, it focus on using the power citizens have in a democracy to support policies that address the root causes of hunger and poverty.[Back to top] Canada’s National Anti-Poverty Organization
www.napo-onap.ca/ Source: Organization's WebSite
Country: Canada
Description:
1. Canadian poverty statistics – facts and figures.
2. Newsletter published by organization
3. NAPO research and publication list. Includes "Framework for the measurement of poverty".
4. Other Canadian (and some U.S.) poverty resources.
http://www.napo-onap.ca/napoothr.htm[Back to top] Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD)
www.ccsd.ca/ Source: Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD)
Country: Canada
Description:
The Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) is one of Canada's most authoritative voices promoting better social and economic security for all Canadians. A national, self-supporting, non-profit organization, the CCSD's main product is information and its main activity is research, focusing on concerns such as income security, employment, poverty, child welfare, pensions and government social policies.
Related Sites:
CCSD's publications on poverty.
Poverty statistics for Canada: poverty lines, income and welfare statistics.
Canadian 1994 Factbook on Poverty: An introduction to poverty in Canada, working definitions of poverty, poverty and income distribution, the changing face of poverty: Statistics Canada definition, the distribution of income in Canada, poverty and income distribution in Canada and abroad
[Back to top] Canadian Social Research Links
www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ Source: Gilles Séguin
Country: Canada
Description:
A virtual resource center for Canadian social program information. The site includes research guides, social research tools, a virtual library and links to other web sites.[Back to top] Center for the Study of Urban Poverty (CSUP)
www.sscnet.ucla.edu/issr/csup/ Source: UCLA
Country: United States
Description:
The Center for the Study of Urban Poverty's (CSUP) primary mission is to link university resources and expertise with those of federal, state, and local and community-based agencies and organizations concerned with issues related to urban poverty and social service delivery.[Back to top] Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change
povertycenter.cwru.edu/ Source: Case Western Reserve University
Country: United States
Description:
The Center seeks to address the problems of persistent and concentrated urban poverty and is dedicated to understanding how social and economic changes affect low-income communities, and how living in these communities affects the well-being of their residents. Activities of the Center also reflect an interest in how social and economic conditions can be improved through community generated strategies for change, as well as reforms in the ways institutions and service organizations respond to community needs. A national and local resource for data and information.
[Back to top] Citizens on the Web – Poverty
www.interlog.com/~cjazz/awar.htm Source: Organization's WebSite
Country: Canada
Description:
Citizens-based news on poverty in Canada.[Back to top] Daily Bread Food Bank
www.dailybread.ca/ Source: Organization's WebSite
Country: Canada
Description:
The Daily Bread Food Bank is a non-profit, non-denominational charitable organization working to eliminate hunger in the Greater Toronto Area.[Back to top] Ethics Updates: Literature on Poverty and Welfare
ethics.acusd.edu/poverty.html Source: Ethics Updates
Country: United States
Description:
List of books and articles on poverty and welfare issues.[Back to top] In Common – Global Action Against Poverty
incommon.web.ca/eindex.html Source: Organization's WebSite
Country: Canada
Description:
Presents a distinctly Canadian 10 Point Agenda toward eliminating poverty. Calendar of Canadian events dedicated to eradicating poverty. Bilingual (English/French) web site.[Back to top] Institute for Research on Poverty
www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/ Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Country: United States
Description:
Univ. of Wisconsin-based non-profit research institute designated as an official U.S. poverty research center. Features:
1. Answers to FAQs about poverty (e.g. "How is poverty measured?", "What is the poverty line").
2. Link to Institute’s Publications
3. Links to Poverty-Related resources [Back to top] Institute for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University
www.yale.edu/isps Country: United States
Description:
The Center for the Study of Race, Inequality, and Politics, a research program housed within the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University, strives to facilitate interdisciplinary inquiry in the perceived, structural inequalities in the American society. It offers both faculty and graduate student seminars; an annual public lecture; and a research and policy studies program, emphasizing graduate training and support. Faculty associated with the center encourage a comprehensive approach to the study of race, inequality, and politics, centering on dialogue, scholarship, the development of innovative policy initiatives, and attention to organizing activities. The center is dedicated to producing research on racial inequality, especially as it interacts with other systems of oppression, such as patriarchy, heterosexism, and class exploitation.[Back to top] Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty at the Weingart Center
www.weingart.org/institute/ Source: Organization's WebSite
Country: United States
Description:
The Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty, a project of the Weingart Center, is a non-profit, non-partisan, research and policy organization serving the research and networking needs of academics, government, community based direct service agencies, policy-advocacy organizations, the media, philanthropic organizations, policymakers and other members of the community involved with the issues of homelessness and poverty.[Back to top] Institute on Race and Poverty
www1.umn.edu/irp/ Source: University of Minnesota
Country: United States
Description:
Links to Institute’s publications, research, conferences and events on topics related to U.S. income inequality and poverty.[Back to top] Joint Center for Poverty Research
www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/ Source: Northwestern U / U of Chicago
Country: United States
Description:
National and interdisciplinary community of researchers whose work advances the understanding of what it means to be poor and live in America. Research focuses on the causes of poverty and the effectiveness of policies aimed at reducing poverty. Key areas of research include: changing labor markets and the causes of inequality in the current labor market; family functioning and the well-being of children; the impact of concentrated urban poverty; and the effects in these domains - and others - of changing policy and new programs. The Center also facilitates the collection of new data.Related Sites:Poverty, Race, and Inequality Program [Back to top] Journal: Children and Poverty
www.futureofchildren.org/pubs-info2825/pubs-info_show.htm?doc_id=72141 Source: Center of the Future of Children
Country: United States
Description:
A volume of the journal "The Future of Children" published by the Center of the Future of Children. Collection of articles by academics that focus on child poverty issues. [Back to top] Louisiana Poverty Status
www.state.la.us/opb/labench/pov.htm Source: Louisiana State web page
Country: United States
Description:
Definition of poverty in Louisiana, Data, graphs and tables:
Poverty Status of persons in Louisiana, 1989
Percent of persons below poverty level by parish[Back to top] Michigan Program on Poverty and Social Welfare Policy
www.ssw.umich.edu/poverty/ Source: University of Michigan
Country: United States
Description:
The Michigan Program on Poverty and Social Welfare Policy, jointly managed by the University of Michigan Schools of Social Work, Public Policy, and Law promotes interdisciplinary applied research on poverty and social welfare policy and works to translate research findings to public policy decision makers.[Back to top] National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/ Source: Columbia University School of Public Health
Country: United States
Description:
The mission of NCCP is to identify and promote strategies that reduce the incidence of young child poverty in the United States. Links to publications.[Back to top] National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
www.nlchp.org/ Source: Organization's WebSite
Country: United States
Description:
The site describes causes, solutions, contacts, current projects, publications, and activities surrounding the problem of poverty in the United States.[Back to top] Ontario and Toronto Tenants
www.ontariotenants.ca/ Source: Organization's WebSite
Country: Canada
Description:
This site provides practical information on tenants' rights and rental housing issues. It is an independent site which gets no funding from any government, agency or organization.[Back to top] Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
www.ocap.ca/ Source: Organization's WebSite
Country: Canada
Description:
Projects include: OCAP Fund-raising musical CD, Workfare Watch, Social Assistance Casework (improving treatment of recipients at the local level), Transport Support (helping people on assistance get around), Working with Labor Unions, Out of the Cold and Saturday Feedings, and a Housing Initiative (opening up abandoned housing for people who have none).[Back to top] Opportunities 2000
www.op2000.org/ Source: Organization's WebSite
Country: Canada
Description:
Opportunities 2000 is an innovative project taking a practical approach to reducing poverty in Waterloo Region. The project is sponsored by Lutherwood Community Opportunities Development Association. The objective is to bringing 2000 residents out of poverty by the end of the year 2000.[Back to top] Plura
plura.tripod.com/ Source: Organization's WebSite
Country: Canada
Description:
Plura is a Canadian grassroots organization which focuses on the eradication of poverty in Canada. The web site outlines the projects that are sponsored by 5 church organizations (Presbyterian, Lutheran, United, Roman Catholic and Anglican). [Back to top] Poverty March 2002
www.ncccusa.org/poverty/ Source: National Council of Churches
Country: United States
Description:
To launch its 10-year mobilization addressing the challenge of poverty, National Council of Churches focuses on poverty-related issues during the 31 days of March 2002.[Back to top] PovNet British Columbia
www.povnet.web.net/ Source: Organization's WebSite
Country: Canada
Description:
PovNet is a website for advocates, people on welfare, and community groups and individuals involved in anti-poverty work. It provides up-to-date information about welfare and housing laws and resources in British Columbia, Canada. It links to current anti-poverty issues. It also provides links to other anti-poverty organizations and resources in Canada and internationally. [Back to top] Saguaro Seminar
www.ksg.harvard.edu/saguaro/index.html Source: Organization's WebSite
Country: United States
Description:
The Saguaro Seminar: Civic Engagement in America. An initiative of periodic seminars launched by Robert D. Putnam at Harvard University. This multi-year dialogue focuses on how to increasingly build bonds of civic trust -- and social capital -- among Americans and their communities.[Back to top] Second Harvest
www.secondharvest.org/ Source: Organization's WebSite
Country: United States
Description:
America's Second Harvest is the nation's largest domestic hunger relief organization. Through a network of over 200 food banks and food-rescue programs, they distribute food to 26 million hungry Americans each year, eight million of whom are children.[Back to top] The Institute for Children and Poverty
www.homesforthehomeless.com/ Source: Organization's WebSite
Country: United States
Description:
The research arm of Homes for the Homeless works to provide innovative strategies to combat the impact of homelessness and urban poverty on the lives of children and their families through the development of effective public policy initiatives and the dissemination of quantitative research findings. The Institute's three major activities are: research, dissemination of information (publications, symposia, training and technical assistance), and community building among individuals and organizations combating poverty. Research is based on surveys of the more than 540 homeless families served daily by Homes for the Homeless, as well as data from the extensive PROFILE system a database containing intake information and progress reports on the more than 9500 families who ever have lived in the American Family Inns. See Facts About Homelessness for a summary of these research results. Full reports are also available.[Back to top] U.S. Census Bureau Income and Poverty Statistics
www.census.gov/pub/hhes/www/poverty.html Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Country: United States
Description:
Links to poverty measurement, poverty reports.
Related sites:
Historical Poverty Tables
1996 Annual Report on U.S. poverty (PDF file)
Includes U.S. poverty data, definitions of poverty. Tables and figures on poverty by race, ethnicity, age and sex, region. State poverty data.
1995 U.S. Annual Report on Poverty (PDF file)
http://www.census.gov/pub/hhes/www/povty95.html
1992 Report: Beyond Poverty: Extended Measures of Well-Being 1992[Back to top] U.S. Federal Poverty Guidelines
aspe.os.dhhs.gov/poverty/poverty.htm Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Country: United States
Description:
1- 1996-8 Poverty Guidelines
2- Link to Information Contacts and References on the Poverty Guidelines, the Poverty Thresholds, and the Development and History of the U.S. Poverty Lines. [Back to top] USC Canada
www.usc-canada.org/ Source: Organization's WebSite
Country: Canada
Description:
USC Canada is one of the oldest non-profit international development organizations in Canada. Founded in 1945, USC Canada works in developing countries establishing programs in food security/ biodiversity, desertification, climate change and poverty alleviation.[Back to top] Volunteer Way
www.thevolunteerway.org/ Source: Organization's WebSite
Country: United States
Description:
The Volunteer Way, Inc. is an all volunteer, non-profit organization with no paid salaries or expense accounts. Their mission is to help vulnerable people avoid slipping into poverty, to alleviate the suffering of people caught in poverty and to assist those who, with help, would be able to lift themselves out of poverty.
[Back to top] Welfare and Families in America
www.epn.org/ideacentral/welfare.html Source: The American Prospect
Country: United States
Description:
Links to various papers, articles and books on welfare issues in the U.S. [Back to top] World Hunger Year
www.worldhungeryear.org/ Country: United States
Description:
WHY promotes self-reliance, food security and economic justice through research and education for policy makers, the media and the public and through collaboration with and support for grassroots organizations. World Hunger Year’s Reinvesting in America program works to serve the servers of America. WHY helps grassroots groups gain access to more resources.[Back to top]
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