News & Current Events

What the National Media has to say about Poverty and the Plight of the Needy

8 Facts About Poverty That Will Blow Your Mind

More than 1.4 million families live on $2 a day per person

Report shows record number of homeless kids

Pantries tackle campus hunger

Don’t treat America’s homeless as criminals

Hunger and homelessness on the rise in U.S cities, mayors report
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/12/hunger-homelessness-us-conference-mayors-report.html

Aid for Child Care Drops When It’s Needed the Most!
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/us/child-care-subsidies-drop-when-families-need-them-most.html

Report: Child homelessness up 33% in 3 years
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2011-12-12/homeless-children-increase/51851146/1

Number of Homeless Down, but Families Up:
http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2010/06/17/number-of-homeless-down-but-homeless-families-up/

Snapshot of Homelessness
http://www.endhomelessness.org/section/about_homelessness/snapshot_of_homelessness

National Alliance to End Homelessness: Families
http://www.endhomelessness.org/section/issues/families