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Monroe County and Rochester-area schools will receive $7.4 million for anti-vaping efforts as part of a multi-state settlement with the company Juul, Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday.
The Children's Agenda polled 600 Monroe County parents and came away with a grim picture of the effects of poverty on their households. Most mid-income Rochester families must ration food, can't ...
Elizabeth Armen "Liz" Theoharis (born February 18, 1976) is an American theologian who is the co-chair (along with William Barber II) of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival, and the Director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary.
In 1964, the U.S. poverty rate (income-based) included 19 percent of Americans. Rising political forces demanded change. Under a new White House Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), the concept of the federally-funded, local Community Action Program (CAP)—delivered by a local Community Action Agency (CAA), in a nationwide Community Action Network—would become the primary vehicle for a new ...
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is an American non-profit research and policy organization founded in 2002 by economist Dean Karlan. [1] Since its foundation, IPA has worked with over 400 leading academics to conduct over 900 evaluations in 52 countries. [2] The organization also manages the Poverty Probability Index.
One of J-PAL's primary research initiatives is the Agricultural Technology Adaption Initiative (ATAI), co-led with the Center for Effective Global Action at the University of California, Berkeley. [24] ATAI supports randomized controlled trials evaluating interventions aimed at reducing poverty by increasing agricultural productivity. [24]
Circles provides mentors to help people living near or below the poverty line increase their income long-term, organizers say. Hilton Head anti-poverty program aims to pierce island’s wealth ...
LIFT is a nonprofit dedicated to helping families break the cycle of poverty in the United States. By fostering relationships between low-income parents (members) and dedicated volunteers (advocates), LIFT helps families build the strong personal, social and financial foundations to secure immediate, critical needs and to achieve long-term goals and aspirations.