“An interactive community of providers, consumers, policymakers, researchers, and public agencies at federal, state, and local levels.” The website offers information for agencies for the homeless including training and best practices. It also features fact sheets for various types of people who are homeless, and a library of articles that can be b …
Subject: Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Social Work; Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Poverty–Homelessness
Human Rights Watch: Street Children
Human Rights Watch: Street Children
This site explores the issue of street children from an international perspective. Site gives latest news, children???s rights publications and links to related organizations.
Subject: Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Poverty–Children
BBC World Service – Pakistan Floods
BBC World Service – Pakistan Floods
This BBC World News page features several articles and photo essays about recent floods in Pakistan. It includes articles about how the floods are still claiming lives, Pakistani villagers’ stories, and Pakistan’s cycle of natural disasters. Find information and resources on the subject from the BBC World Service.
Subject: Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Poverty; Arts & Humanities–History–History By Region–Asian History; Science & Technology–Earth Sciences–Meteorology/Climatology; Science & Technology–Earth Sciences–Oceanography/Hydrology; Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Hunger; Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Housing
Multinational Monitor: The Hierarchy of Income Inequality in the United States
Multinational Monitor: The Hierarchy of Income Inequality in the United States
This is an interview with Jared Bernstein, a co-director of research at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington D.C., in which he is interviewed about income inequality in the U.S.
Subject: Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Poverty–Working Poor
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
“The mission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.” This site offers statistics and reports on the OECD’s key topics, including health, education, corporate governance and nuclear energy.
Subject: Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Poverty; Business & Economics–International Business; Business & Economics–Economics; Business & Economics–Statistics
Economic Policy Institute
This comprehensive site provides facts at a glance, tables, charts, publication and resources in regards to the U.S. minimum wage.
Subject: Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Poverty–Working Poor
Economic Policy Institute: Viewpoints
Economic Policy Institute: Viewpoints
???This testimony was presented by EPI economist Heather Boushey before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Thursday, February 14, 2002.??? This testimony gives a framework for understanding how social policy affects low income Americans.
Subject: Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Poverty–Working Poor
Choosing Child Poverty
This site explores the effects of domestic policy on the issue of child poverty in different countries. Site includes graphs and statistics.
Subject: Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Poverty–Children
America???s Forgotten Children: Child Poverty in Rural America
America???s Forgotten Children: Child Poverty in Rural America
This report outlines the economic conditions contributing to child poverty in rural America. Included are specific examples, demographics, facts and statistics. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the report.
Subject: Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Poverty–Children
UNICEF: Child Poverty in Rich Countries 2005
UNICEF: Child Poverty in Rich Countries 2005
This document reports the status of child poverty in developed countries and explores the factors attributing to it.
Subject: Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Poverty–Children
National Alliance to End Homelessness
National Alliance to End Homelessness
Nationwide federation of public, private, and nonprofit organizations that advances practical, community-based solutions to homelessness. This Web site provides a vast array of information about homelessness for service providers and for the general public. Available resources include Background and Statistics, Policy and Legislation, Best Practi …
Subject: Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Poverty–Homelessness
Covering Kids & Families
Covering Kids & Families (CKF), seeks to reduce the number of uninsured children and adults who are eligible but not enrolled in Medicaid SCHIP by ???conducting and coordinating outreach programs, simplify enrollment and renewal processes and coordinating existing health care coverage programs.???
Subject: Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Poverty–Children
StandUp for Kids
This organization is dedicated to helping homeless and street children improve their lives. Site gives information about outreach programs, news and ways to get involved.
Subject: Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Poverty–Children; Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Poverty–Homelessness
National Poverty Center
The National Poverty Center (NPC) ???conducts and promotes multidisciplinary, policy-relevant research on the causes and consequences of poverty.??? Included in this site are frequently asked questions, news and events, research, publications and a list of links.
Subject: Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Poverty
The Racial Wealth Divide Project
The Racial Wealth Divide Project
This is a comprehensive site seeks to ???deepen the understanding and analysis about the historical and contemporary barriers to wealth creation and its negative impact on society???. Site provides articles, both archived and new, and links to resources.
Subject: Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Poverty–Working Poor
The Brookings Institution: The Plight of the Working Poor
The Brookings Institution: The Plight of the Working Poor
This is a succinct paper written by David Ellwood of Harvard University outlining the effects of social policy on low-income Americans.
Subject: Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Poverty–Working Poor
Raising the National Minimum Wage: Information, Opinion, Research
Raising the National Minimum Wage: Information, Opinion, Research
This site contains resources arguing both for or against an increase in the minimum wage and how it would affect the poor. All resources are relatively recent (year 2000 and later).
Subject: Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Poverty–Working Poor
Pov.net
Provides ???public access to current legal information, resources and organizations that relate to welfare, housing, mental health, WCB, EI, CPP, First Nations, and other areas of law which are relevant to people who are physically, mentally, socially, economically or otherwise marginalized.??? This site contains online resources relevant to Canadi …
Subject: Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Poverty
Arab American and Chaldean Council
Arab American and Chaldean Council
This Michigan-based family services institution serves the Middle Eastern Community with services such as emergency food service, translation and interpretation, family and job counseling and many more.
Subject: Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Poverty; Social Sciences–Social Issues & Social Welfare–Hunger–Food Relief
World Hunger Notes
As a service of the World Hunger Education Service, the goal of this website is to “inform the community of people interested in issues of hunger and poverty, the public, and policymakers, about the causes, extent, and efforts to end hunger and poverty in the United States and the world.”
Subject: Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Poverty; Social Sciences–Social Issues And Social Welfare–Hunger