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RESULTS is a US non-partisan citizens' advocacy organization founded in 1980. The organization aims to find long-term solutions to poverty by focusing on its root causes. It lobbies public officials, does research, and works with the media and the public to fight hunger and poverty. RESULTS has 100 U.S. local chapters and works in six other ...
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Pages in category "Political advocacy groups in the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 374 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The National Women's Law Center was established in 1972 as a project of CLASP. [4] Alan W. Houseman joined CLASP as executive director in 1981 and began shifting its focus from general public-interest law to anti-poverty policy, particularly child and family poverty. [5]
This project is targeted at eliminating child poverty, and removing economic concerns from family planning. [26] [27] [28] In 2021, Vox cited the 3P's estimation that around seven million American children that live in poverty are from families that did not file taxes. [11]
Senator Tammy Duckworth spoke at the first event announcing creation of the new project, which is housed within CAP's Poverty to Prosperity Program. [26] The Disability Justice Initiative became the first such project at a mainstream public policy advocacy organization not already focused on disability. [27]
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) is an international collection of autonomous community-based organizations that advocates for low- and moderate-income families by working on neighborhood safety, voter registration, health care, affordable housing, and other social issues.
The Annenberg Center is a political advocacy group that owns FactCheck.org. The Annenberg Center conducts research, convenes panels of experts, hosts lectures and conferences, [2] and publishes reports on five main areas: Political communication, information and society, media and children, health communication, and adolescent risk.