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From Poverty to Prosperity
The Center for American Progress Task Force on Poverty outlines 12 key steps for cutting poverty in half in the next 10 years.
Issue Brief: The Child Tax Credit
Making the Child Tax Credit fully refundable would lift some of the barriers that prevent low-income families from getting the help they need.
Elderly Poverty: The Challenge Before Us
The elderly are disproportionately suffering in the economic downturn. It's time to help.
The Straight Facts on Women in Poverty
Women are more likely to be poor than men, but Alexandra Cawthorne outlines solutions that would help.Other Poverty & Mobility Features
February 8, 2010
¿Por Qué Necesitamos Ayudar a la Juventud Desempleada?
Un nuevo estudio encuentra que el empleo entre adolescentes se ubica en una baja histórica, por lo que es un llamado de atención para invertir en programas de servicio juveniles, informa Shirley Sagawa.
February 3, 2010
Bitter Pill, Better Formula
Raegen Miller and Cynthia Brown outline changes toward a single, fair, and equitable formula for disbursing funds to high-poverty schools.
February 3, 2010
Why We Need to Help Unemployed Youth
A new study finds teen employment at a historic low, and this should be a wake-up call for investing in youth service programs, writes Shirley Sagawa.
February 3, 2010
Spoonful of Sugar
Raegen Miller and Cynthia Brown on an equity fund to facilitate a single, fair, and equitable formula for ESEA Title I, Part A.
February 3, 2010
Interactive Graphic: Title I Education Spending
Title I, Part A allocates money to the states according to four complex formulas, but there is a simpler way, according to CAP's Raegen Miller.
November 25, 2009
Thanksgiving for All Americans
Melissa Boteach of the Half in Ten Campaign and Jim Weill of the Food Research and Action Center call on Congress and the President to act by investing in nutrition assistance and job creation.
November 24, 2009
Lessons in Humanity (and Poverty Policy) Just in Time for the Holidays
Joy Moses discusses how the story of the "praying robber" shows us the important of the connection between fathers and families.
November 17, 2009
Parenting with a Plan
A report from Joy Moses explains how the Temporary Assistance for Needy Family legislation can support positive parenting relationships and improve father involvement.
November 16, 2009
National Service and Youth Unemployment
Strategies for job creation amid economic recovery from Melissa Boteach, Joy Moses, and Shirley Sagawa.
October 28, 2009
A Look at Community Schools
Report from Saba Bireda explains how community schools can alleviate obstacles outside the classroom that hinder student achievement, particularly for those living in poverty.
October 28, 2009
Interactive Map: Profiles of Community Schools
A look at some community school projects across the nation that provide on-site social services, after hours learning opportunities, and a variety of other supports.
October 28, 2009
Ask the Expert: A Primer on Community Schools
Saba Bireda explains what community schools are, how they improve student achievement, and how we can implement them.
September 10, 2009
Unmarried Women Hit Hard by Poverty
New census data show that most poor adult Americans are women, and the vast majority of these women are “women on their own,” writes Liz Weiss.
September 10, 2009
A Legacy of Poverty
New data from the Census Bureau underestimates the growing poverty problem, but Congress can build on existing efforts to address this issue, writes Joy Moses.
August 25, 2009
It’s Time for a Better Poverty Measure
Mark Greenberg shows why the federal poverty measure is flawed and how it can be updated.
August 24, 2009
Implications of a New Poverty Measure for Program Funding Formulas and Benefits Eligibility
Report from Mark Greenberg discusses how a new measure of poverty would affect funding formulas and benefits eligibility.
July 16, 2009
Economy Strains Emergency Food Assistance Services
Nico Sifra Quintana talks with Paul Haas of Solid Ground about how food assistance programs are faring in the recession and what they're doing to make ends meet.
July 8, 2009
And Justice for All
Joy Moses argues in a report for prioritizing free legal services during the recession and suggests who can help.
July 1, 2009
Poverty in the LGBT Community
The expansion of civil rights and protections for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people will promote social equality and economic prosperity.
June 23, 2009
Economy Strains Legal Services for the Poor
Joy Moses interviews the executive director of Connecticut Legal Services about how the economic crisis is affecting legal services and the need for greater government investment.
June 11, 2009
Child Homelessness in the Economic Crisis
Joy Moses interviews Michigan educator Kathy Kropf about the difficulties facing homeless children in the recession.
May 14, 2009
Celebrating AmeriCorps Week 2009
AmeriCorps continues to drive social innovation and give social entrepreneurs their start, writes Shirley Sagawa.
May 14, 2009
Servicios Legales Esenciales
En medio de una aguda recesión, un buen abogado puede ser el mejor intercesor entre los pobres y la carestía, informa Joy Moses.
May 7, 2009
Essential Legal Services
Amid a deepening recession, a good lawyer may be all that stands between the poor and penury, observes Joy Moses.
April 22, 2009
New York City’s Crusade Against Poverty
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a panel of experts joined CAP to discuss New York City’s fight against poverty and the lessons it can teach the nation.
April 16, 2009
More Can Be Done to Expand the Child Tax Credit
President Obama’s plan for the Child Tax Credit is a move in the right direction but CAP’s proposal for full refundability would work best for low-income families, says Joy Moses in an updated issue brief.
April 15, 2009
Weathering the Storm: Black Men in the Recession
As the recession has deepened, black men are facing alarming rates of job loss. The employment situation of black men is a crisis that demands a targeted and effective policy intervention.
March 4, 2009
Helping Those Most in Need
President Obama's budget blueprint for 2010 ensures the fight against poverty in our country becomes a top priority, observes Joy Moses.
February 19, 2009
Fighting Poverty in the Recovery Act
Alexandra Cawthorne details how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides needed help to the most vulnerable Americans.
February 11, 2009
Recession, Poverty, and the Recovery Act
The recovery package would help millions of families who are at risk of falling out of the middle class, write James Kvaal and Ben Furnas.
February 11, 2009
Poor Measurement for Poverty
Policymakers should modernize the poverty measure. The current guideline does not take into account key provisions in the stimulus package such as the creation of a Making Work Pay Tax Credit and the expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit.
February 9, 2009
Making Hunger History
CAP event discusses how bolstering food safety net programs for hungry families can save lives and help heal the economy.
February 3, 2009
Meeting the Needs of Low-Income Families in the Economic Recovery
The House’s recovery plan contains provisions that will help keep Americans out of poverty; the Senate should follow suit, writes Alexandra Cawthorne.
February 3, 2009
Basic Needs Assistance for the Poor Advances Economic Recovery and Employment Goals
An issue brief from Joy Moses shows how addressing the basic needs of the poor boosts the economy and helps meet national employment goals.
January 29, 2009
Beyond the Beltway: Protecting Vital Services
This interactive map shows how the House and Senate Recovery and Reinvestment Acts would help ensure that vital public services continue uninterrupted.
January 27, 2009
Beyond the Beltway: Helping Those Most in Need
This interactive map shows how the Recovery and Reinvestment Act would help the unemployed, homeless, and those living in poverty.
January 26, 2009
How to Help 12 Million Low-Income Children
House recovery legislation goes further than the Senate on revising the Child Tax Credit and would bring help to 12 million low-income children, writes Mark Greenberg.
January 22, 2009
The Child Tax Credit and the Economic Recovery Bill
Congress' economic recovery legislation would revise the Child Tax Credit, finally making eligible those families who need it most.
January 12, 2009
Public Opinion Snapshot: The Public Supports a Major Effort to Fight Poverty
Over three-quarters of Americans support the goal of cutting poverty in half within 10 years, finds Ruy Teixeira.
December 17, 2008
Generating Heat Around the Goal of Making Home Energy Affordable to Low Income Americans
Joy Moses explains current challenges to making home energy affordable for low-income Americans and proposes solutions in this report.
December 17, 2008
Green Affordable Housing
Report from David Abromowitz outlines ways that the Obama administration can incentivize and enable the green transformation of affordable housing.
December 8, 2008
Improving the Measurement of Poverty
Mark Greenberg and Rebecca Blank recommend the adoption of a new poverty measure, along the lines recommended by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), in order to provide a more accurate measure of economic need in the United States.
November 18, 2008
The Experience of the UK Child Poverty Target
In 1999 Tony Blair announced a goal of eliminating child poverty in Britain within a generation. Kate Bell examines the country's progress.
November 18, 2008
Fighting the Rising Tide of Hunger in America
Alexandra Cawthorne provides analysis of a new report from the USDA showing that more Americans were hungry in 2007—even before the economic downturn.
November 3, 2008
The Price of Poverty
New research from the UK confirms what CAP showed in 2007—child poverty drags down a nation’s economy.
October 16, 2008
Fighting Poverty with Faith
Faith groups heed a moral call to alleviate poverty in the United States and abroad, write Sally Steenland and Chase Nordengren.
October 9, 2008
Winter Forecast: Weather, Home Heating, and the Impact on Low-Income Families
This winter, the weather will be colder, and home heating will be more expensive. This is bad news for low-income families, writes Joy Moses.
October 7, 2008
Bailout Package Lends Some Relief to Low-Income Families
Child Tax Credit provisions in the bailout bill will extend relief to the families of over 13 million low-income children, writes Joy Moses.
September 26, 2008
Fighting Poverty to Stabilize the Economy
Hearing focuses on why a new stimulus must help Americans work their way out of poverty in order to stabilize the economy, writes Kate Bell.
September 25, 2008
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