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Most States Have Yet to Claim Emergency TANF Funds

Michael Laracy | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Spotlight on Poverty, Poverty CLASP, Tanf, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Hhs, Arra, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Recession, Foundation, Stimulus, States, Economic, Low-Income, Non-Profit, Emergency Funds, State Government, Economic Recovery, Tef, Politics News
Michael Laracy

The TANF Emergency Fund is potentially an important resource for states, which get four federal dollars from the fund for each dollar they put up.

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Homeowners Facing Foreclosure Can't Find Lawyers

Posted 10.13.2009 | Impact

Read More: USA Today, Lawyers, Unemployement, Phoenix, Cleveland, New York University, Low Income Families, Low Income, Las Vegas, Home Foreclosures, Home Foreclosure, Impact News

WASHINGTON -- The nation's foreclosure crisis has swamped lawyers for the poor, leaving thousands of low-income homeowners across the country without ...

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Most Low-Income New Yorkers Have Less Than $1K In Their Bank Accounts

Crain's New York Business | Daniel Massey | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York

Read More: u.s. Economy Problems, U.S. Economy, Low Income Families, Low-Income, New York City Recession, New York City, Economy, Economic Crisis, New York News

A survey of low-income New Yorkers shows that two-thirds have less than $1,000 in savings to fall back on should even tougher times hit, while one-thi...

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Let Them Eat Cake

David Jones | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York

Read More: Latinos, Unheard Third, Low-Wage Jobs, Unemployed, Poor, Low Income, Health, Mayor Bloomberg, Roman Polanski, New York News
David Jones

We snicker about the blindness of Marie Antoinette before the outbreak of the revolution, but I'm starting to understand the very human wish to ignore what's painful and unpleasant.

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Even After Boy's Death, States Say Children Are Not Getting Medicaid Dental Care

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kids, Children, Dental Care, Health Care, Gao, Medicaid, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Deamonte Driver, Low Income, Poverty, Dentists, Public Option, Dentistry, Universal Health Care, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Two years after a 12-year-old Maryland boy died from an untreated tooth infection, low-income kids continue to face barriers to den...

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Health Insurance Companies Want Severe Penalties For People Who Do Not Buy Coverage

The Associated Press | By ERICA WERNER | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lobbying, Lobbyists, Senate Finance Committee, Health CareHealth Care, Low-Income, Alissa Fox, Peter Orszag, Pre-Existing Conditions, Middle Class, Insurance Companies, Mandatory Insurance, Debbie Stabenow, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Health Insurance Companies, Schumer, Penalties, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Karen Ignagni, Individual Mandate, Chuck Schumer, America's Health Insurance Plans, Stabenow, Health Care, Politics News

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The health insurance industry doesn't want Congress to let you off easy if you decide to ignore a proposed requirement that all Amer...

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Before Subprime There Was ACORN

Jerry Chautin | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Foreclosures, Atlanta, Lending, Liberals, Independent Auditor, Progressives, Subprime, Public Trust, Underwriting, African-American, Acorn, Independents, Conservatives, Pimp, Georgia, Homeownership, Banks, Video Tape, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bertha Lewis, Low Income, Community Organizations, Prostitute, Politics News
Jerry Chautin

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, known as ACORN, is in the news again and conservative politicians are going for the jugular vein.

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Emerging Senate Health Bill Could Cause Job Discrimination Against Low-Income and Minority Workers

Bob Greenstein | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Coverage, Senate Finance Committee, Low-Income, Health Care, Minorities, Politics News
Bob Greenstein

A piece of the health care bill that the Finance Committee's bipartisan negotiators are developing would discourage employers from hiring low-income and minority workers, women, and workers with disabilities.

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The Stimulus Package and SAT Scores

Anita Weinberg | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sat Scores, Poverty, US Poverty, Low-Income, Jobs, Obama Job Creation, Stimulus, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Lead Paint, Spending, Stimulus Package, Mental Retardation, Illinois, Economic Stimulus, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Job Creation, Politics News
Anita Weinberg

Aside from the obvious health benefits, lead removal from homes would accomplish the what the stimulus seeks -- creating jobs and reversing the economic impacts for low-income families.

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New Connections Will Pave the Road to Economic Recovery

Sara K. Gould | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Poverty, Women's Issues, Personal Health, Low-Income, Economy, Economic Crisis, Barack Obama, Helping the Poor, Women's Health, Health, Nancy Pelosi, Poor, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Economic Growth, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
Sara K. Gould

Why do we not take action to realize the potential economic contributions of half our population as we prepare to spend billions of dollars to stimulate the economy?

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What About Welfare?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Welfare, Women, Unemployment, Poverty, Economic Stimulus Package, President Obama, Taxes, Women's Rights, Earned Income Tax Credit, Food Stamps, Women's Issues, Low-Income, Welfare Reform, Women Childcare, Children, Money, Barack Obama Taxes, Jobs, Low-Income Children, 1990s, Income Tax, 1980s, Kids, Childcare, Tax Cuts, Poor, Head Start, Working Families, Families, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

The present plan includes tax cuts that will benefit even those too poor to pay taxes, and includes $4 billion for child care services for low-income families.

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The Giving Garden

Bridget Mason and Kayomi Wada | Posted 02.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Helping the Needy, Children, Sustainable Food, Economy, Sustainable Agriculture, Community, Obama Service, Mlk, Mlk Day Service Day, Call to Service, Obama Call to Service, Giving Back to the Community, University of Washington Tacoma, Obama Canvassing, Farms, Volunteering, Kids, Service, Giving Back, Vegetables, Financial Crisis, Community Organizing, Poor, Gardening, Teaching, Learning, Volunteering for Obama, Farming, Community Service, Low-Income, Economic Crisis, War, Martin Luther King Jr., Science, Washington State, Barack Obama, MLK Day of Service, Harvesting, Helping the Poor, Tacoma, Organic Food, Martin Luther King, Fruit, Homelessness, Environment, Food, Sustainability, Mlk Day Community Service, Japanese, Donations, Gardens, Canvassing, Living News
Bridget Mason and Kayomi Wada

Judging by the almost 80 volunteers who came out to build a garden in Downtown Tacoma, I would have to say there are a lot of Americans out there just waiting for an opportunity to give back!

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