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Poverty Information Resources
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Poverty Information Resources
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New York State Poverty Rates - August, 2008
"New York has the highest poverty rate of all the northern states.
No progress on poverty and family incomes since the 2001 recession
Fewer New Yorkers are now uninsured but 2.5 million New Yorkers still
lack health insurance coverage."
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Spotlight on Poverty Website
"In order to stimulate a national dialogue on poverty and opportunity, the Spotlight website offers current press coverage, commentary and debate, and the policy options. Recent reports, analyses, and data on poverty and opportunity will be profiled on the site and readily available to policy makers and thought leaders. "...from Spotlight on Poverty
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Many New Yorkers still need the hand up that Community Action Agencies offer. As the state with the 12th highest rate of poverty (14.3%), 2.66 million New Yorkers, including 888,000 children, currently live in poverty...
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
"The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is one of the nation’s premier policy organizations working at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals."
"The Center conducts research and analysis to inform public debates over proposed budget and tax policies and to help ensure that the needs of low-income families and individuals are considered in these debates. We also develop policy options to alleviate poverty."...From Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
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This paper provides important
data in support of that effort, estimating the number of families needing work supports
and the extent to which work supports in New York close the gaps between earnings and
the income necessary to achieve a decent standard of living.
Nearly one out of three people in working
families in New York—5.7 million New
Yorkers—are unable to make ends meet,
even after receiving public work supports.
In New York, low-wage, low-benefit jobs
and limited work supports leave fully 30
percent of people in working families in a
hardship gap: working, but unable to meet a basic family budget.
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This chart shows the number of individuals living at or below the federal poverty guidelines in each county of New York State. It also shows the median income levels of each county.
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A comprehensive, in-depth view of every aspect of New York state's economy, with a focus on central concerns including the wage-productivity gap, worker benefits and social insurance, economic polarization, poverty levels and the difficulties families face when trying to lift themselves out of poverty.
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A list of links to a wide collection of agencies and organizations that address hunger, poverty, child issues, welfare, asset development, microcredit and health care in the United States.
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What role do immigrants play in the New York State economy? How about in upstate New York? In the downstate suburbs? In New York City? What countries do immigrants come from? Where do they work? How well are they doing?
New Yorkers who want the facts can now turn to a major report from the Fiscal Policy Institute, Working for a Better Life: A Profile of Immigrants in the New York State Economy
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A unique and valuable resource that shows the levels of human poverty graphically on maps of the world's continents and countries.
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