Poverty, Hunger and Homelessness: National Perspectives

Major organization. Map hunger; lists of food banks by state; also food insecurity and child food insecurity rates by state. Links for people who need help. Links for donating, volunteering, advocating, corporate opportunities and careers. Press room. Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Flickr links.

"A an outreach ministry of God’s people transforming a renewable God-given resource into food for the hungry"; join email list; donate deer ("1 deer can feed 250 hungry people"); become local coordinator; visit store; view online ma gazine; news and events; vehicle donations; Facebook page; see list of national, state and local sponsors; workplace charity campaigns and matching gifts: for example: Indiana State Employees Campaign

"help make affordable housing a reality for millions of low- and moderate-income households across America by channeling global capital into the nation's housing markets. Specifically, the Ginnie Mae guaranty allows mortgage lenders to obtain a better price for their mortgage loans in the secondary market. The lenders can then use the proceeds to make new mortgage loans available."

From this portal, explore 3 report sites:
1) P20 Population Characteristics
2) P23 Special Population Studies
3) P60 Consumer Income and Poverty
Some reports are updated annually/regularly; some are unique.

Congressional Budget Office, October 2011; Links to several items including Entire Document, Summary, Supplemental Material; for help in understanding this report, see the Summary: http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/124xx/doc12485/10-25-HouseholdIncome.pdf Appendix A: Measuring Household Income and Appendix B: Inequality Indexes

Analytical report on the duration of poverty spells and the frequency of transitions into and out of poverty based on the Survey of Income and Program Participation. It focuses on episodic and chronic poverty, length of poverty, exits from poverty and the characteristics of the affected population.

May contain information on state-level research or help you find research topics with categories such as Children and Families, Corrections and Public Safety, Economy. Lots of reports.

"policy solutions that work for low-income people"; ADVOCACY AREAS: strengthening children, youth & families; pathways to good jobs; opportunity & equal justice; ISSUES: basic skills; child care/early education; poverty & education; postsecondary & economic success, and more; see Resources & Publication links; see STATE info links

The agency consists of 19 federal Cabinet secretaries and agency heads.

Presented to the Office of the President and Congress on June 22, 2010, Opening Doors is the nation’s first comprehensive strategy to prevent and end homelessness. Look for FACT SHEETS on Chronic Homelessness; Veterans; Families with Children; Unaccompanied Youth; Prevention

Includes End Child Homelessness; Children & Families; Veterans; Housing; Research & Evaluation; Resources & Publications

2009

50 pages. PDF.