Poverty-Welfare Information
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Description: The website for the National Poverty Center provides information and data on poverty in the United States. Links to articles, research, and a description of how poverty is measured are included.
U.S. Census Bureau: Current Poverty Data
Description: This is a website from the US Census Bureau that links to current statistics on poverty in the US.
U.S. Census Bureau: Current Poverty Data
Description: This is a website from the US Census Bureau that links to current statistics on poverty in the US.
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Rural Welfare to Work Strategies Demonstration Evaluation
Author: Burwick, Andrew; Alicia Meckstroth
Description: This summary of the Evaluation Design and Demonstration Programs for rural welfare-to-work strategies highlights what rural strategies work best for different groups of welfare recipients. It also highlights lessons learned about operational challenges of these programs and provides recommendations for improving them.
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Description: Chapter 5 in a manual that addresses community strategies to help families become
self-sufficient. This chapter discusses issues associated with childcare for low income families.
Description: A website for Community Action Partnership, which serves to be a national forum for policy on poverty and to strengthen, promote, represent and serve its network of member agencies to assure that the issues of the poor are effectively heard and addressed. Includes links to training opportunities, events, research, and publications.
Helping Families Take Control of Their Finances 
Description: Many families may be experiencing financial stress in which they are struggling with reduced incomes. Or, they may need to examine their spending and budgeting in a fresh way to meet new circumstances. Extension contains many resources to help families take control of their finances.
More Poor Kids in More Poor Places: Children Increasingly Live Where Poverty Persists
Author: Mattingly, Marybeth; Kenneth M. Johnson; Andrew Schaefer
Description: A research brief from the Carsey Institute that overviews the persistence of poverty in rural America and the specific generational impact that this has on children across the United States.
Description: A video clip that takes viewers through a poverty simulation. It includes information about budgeting for poverty, including housing, transportation, food, and child care.
Description: Families are suffering, jobs are scarce, budgets across the nation are beyond stretched, and the stress this puts on vulnerable communities, youth, and families continues to take its toll. Here at CYFERnet, we want to let everyone know that we are keeping up with the news and we have resources available. Here are a few of the resources on CYFERnet that relate to the current financial situation. There are many more available on the CYFERnet database that may be of use to those working with families who are coping with these difficult financial times.
– Professional Development –
Building Communities of Support for Families in Poverty
Author: Slinski, Margaret
Description: A program description that discusses the master teacher program, including program workshops.
Description: A website for Community Action Partnership, which serves to be a national forum for policy on poverty and to strengthen, promote, represent and serve its network of member agencies to assure that the issues of the poor are effectively heard and addressed. Includes links to training opportunities, events, research, and publications.
– Programming Resource –
Description: Chapter 3 in a manual that addresses community strategies to help families become
self-sufficient. This chapter discusses issues associated with families being able to gain access to community services.
Building Communities of Support for Families in Poverty
Author: Slinski, Margaret
Description: A program description that discusses the master teacher program, including program workshops.
Community Support for Work First Participants
Description: Chapter 1 from a manual that provides an overview of the situations of families in poverty, of federal welfare reform legislation, of the Work First program in North Carolina, and of ways our communities can respond to the needs and concerns of Work First participants. Discusses families in Poverty, welfare reform, and work first.
Description: Chapter 4 in a manual that addresses community strategies to help families become
self-sufficient. This chapter discusses issues associated with gaining employers' suppport for new work force members.
Developing Literacy Skills through Education and Training
Description: Chapter11 in a manual that addresses community strategies to help families become
self-sufficient. This chapter discusses issues associated with developing literacy skills.
Developing Time-Management Skills through Education and Training
Description: Chapter 9 in a manual that addresses community strategies to help families become
self-sufficient. This chapter discusses issues associated with developing time management skills.
ECONOMIC SUCCESS CLEARINGHOUSE
Description: This website provides a comprehensive clearinghouse for information, policy analysis and technical assistance on welfare reform and issues related to welfare.
Description: Chapter 13 in a manual that addresses community strategies to help families become
self-sufficient. This chapter discusses issues associated with obtaining healthy food for low income families.
Description: Chapter 7 in a manual that addresses community strategies to help families become
self-sufficient. This chapter discusses issues associated with health care in communities.
Description: Chapter 15 in a manual that addresses community strategies to help families become
self-sufficient. This chapter discusses issues associated with affordable housing for low income families.
Description: A video clip that takes viewers through a poverty simulation. It includes information about budgeting for poverty, including housing, transportation, food, and child care.
Rural Welfare to Work Strategies Demonstration Evaluation
Author: Burwick, Andrew; Alicia Meckstroth
Description: This summary of the Evaluation Design and Demonstration Programs for rural welfare-to-work strategies highlights what rural strategies work best for different groups of welfare recipients. It also highlights lessons learned about operational challenges of these programs and provides recommendations for improving them.
– Research –
Rural Welfare to Work Strategies Demonstration Evaluation
Author: Burwick, Andrew; Alicia Meckstroth
Description: This summary of the Evaluation Design and Demonstration Programs for rural welfare-to-work strategies highlights what rural strategies work best for different groups of welfare recipients. It also highlights lessons learned about operational challenges of these programs and provides recommendations for improving them.