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2008 Summer
Retreat Summary
The group planned
five sessions for the coming year: "Increasing
Prices and Decreasing Availability: Food Issues in the
Chicago Area," The Effects of Welfare Reform and
What Came After," "Assessing Progress of the
Plan for Transformation," "The New Presidential
Administration: How Will it Address Poverty?" and
"The State of Working America: A Coversation with
Jared Bernstein." Alison Janus completed her service
as co-chair, and Jim Lewis was welcomed as new co-chair
to work with continuing co-chair Amy Rynell.
Resources
NEW!
Facing
Race: 2007-2008 Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity
in Illinois
(pdf, 4/08)
This report from Applied Research Center reviews 56
bills introduced in the Illinois 95th General Assembly,
that, if signed into law by the Governor, would have
the most direct positive and negative impacts on communities
of color. It also evaluates the Governor and legislators
on their responses to these initiatives.
Funding
Principles for Ending Homelessness
The Partnership to End Long Term Homelessness represents
a broad range of funders working together toward the
goal of ending homelessness. They have developed a set
of core funding strategies to assist foundations, corporate
funders, and private philanthropists in their work.
Assessment
of the Current Response to Domestic Violence in Chicago,
complete report (pdf, 9/07)
Assessment
of the Current Response to Domestic Violence in Chicago,
overview (pdf,
9/07)
Mayor Richard Daley's Office on Domestic Violence has
released an assessment describing every level of government,
non-for-profit and private response to domestic violence.
Welfare
Reform Extension Act of 2005
(3/05)
The Congressional Budget Office released the report
about a House bill that extends existing welfare laws.
CBO estimates that the bill will increase direct spending
by $83 million in 2005 and by $237 million over the
2005-2015 period.
Changes
in Participation in Means-Tested Programs
(pdf, 4/05)
The Congressional Budget Office
released this report about the 60 percent drop in welfare
recipients since the early 1990s.
Research
Forum
The Research Forum at the National Center for Children
in Poverty encourages collaborative research and informed
policy on welfare reform, child and family well-being
and community issues.
Housing
Matters
HousingMatters.net mobilizes individuals
who support organizations working to give every person
in Illinois access to quality, fair, accessible and
affordable housing. Receive e-mail alerts about critical
housing issues and find tools to contact policy makers
on these issues.
Access
to Social Services: The Changing Urban Geography of
Poverty and Service Provision
(8/04)
This Brookings Institution report
examines neighborhood variation in access to social
services in three metropolitan areas, including Chicago.
America's
Struggling Families
Nationwide, one-third of all families
live with under $35,000 a year. The Coalition on Human
Needs compiled Census data into a state-by-state table
of families with incomes under $35,000.
Escaping
Low Earnings (5/04)
Job changes are an important part of the process by
which workers escape or enter low-wage status, according
to this report from the National Poverty Center at the
University of Michigan.
Declining
Employment Among Young Black Less-Educated Men
(4/04)
The National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan
reports that the decline in employment of young black
men can be attributed to high incarceration rates and
enforcement of child support policies.
National
Center on Poverty Law
Repository of publications, news
and policy updates.
Research
on Marriage Policies (pdf,
1/04)
This newsletter from The Research Forum focuses on how
marriage and family influence low-income households.
A
Portrait of Prisoner Reentry in Illinois
(4/03)
Discover how prisoners are prepared to reenter society
and where former inmates choose to live in Illinois.
Poverty
in the United States: 2001
(pdf, 9/02)
The Census Bureau released the report Poverty in the
United States: 2001 which indicates poverty levels to
have increased by 1.3 million people in the past year.
Affordable
Housing in Chicago
The National Low-Income Housing
Coalition has released data on the affordability of
Chicago's average Fair Market Rent for low-income families.
The
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
Through education, policy research and advocacy, CLASP
seeks to improve the economic security of low-income
families with children and secure access for low-income
persons to our civil justice system.
Trends
and Patterns in Marriage, Divorce, and Cohabitation
(7/02)
According to this report
by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics,
sucessful marriages and cohabitation are linked to higher
income levels and low unemployment.
Welfare
to Work: What Have We Learned?
A report from The Joyce Foundation on welfare to work
finds that former recipients are going to work in record
numbers, though many jobs are short term and pay is
minimal - leaving most still living in poverty.
Census
Bureau Poverty Data
This site contains surveys, statistics and other findings
published by the U.S.
Grantmakers
Concerned with Poverty Program Archives
Notes containing valuable knowledge and information
shared at previous programs and meetings of this group.
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