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Poverty: United States
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The report, Poverty in America: Beyond the Numbers, provides a state-by- state look at the types of services local Catholic Charities agencies provide to address the pervasive issue of poverty in this country. The report is based on the findings of Catholic Charities USA's 2006 Annual Member Survey.
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Poverty in the United States increased 20 percent between 2000 and 2004, census numbers show. And although the trend stalled in 2005, researchers worry poverty will have profound effects on public health in this country.
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Statistics, as well as the poverty thresholds, were formerly available for patrons in Poverty in the United States, a Current Population Report kept on Quick Reference. The Current Population Reports are moving to the Web and will not be available in print to depository libraries. The latest poverty statistics are available in Poverty in the United States, 1996. Earlier in Gov Docs Census Alcove, C 3.186/22:
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Last April, the Center for American Progress released the report of CAP's Task Force on Poverty, From Poverty to Prosperity, calling for a national goal of cutting poverty in half in 10 years. This week, the House of Representatives endorsed this goal, when on January, 22, 2008, the House passed House Concurrent Resolution 198 via voice vote without objection, declaring the sense of the Congress that the United States should set a national goal of cutting poverty in half over the next 10 years. full story |
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