Poverty

    Comparative Research Programme on Poverty
    CROP concentrates on research. The major aim is to produce sound and reliable knowledge, which can serve as a basis for poverty reduction.

    Covering Kids & Families
    Covering Kids & Families works to reduce the number of uninsured children and adults who are eligible for public health care coverage programs but not enrolled.

    Food Research and Action Center
    FRAC is the leading national organization working to improve public policies in order to eradicate hunger and under nutrition in the United States.

    GovBenefits.gov
    GovBenefits is a partnership of many Federal agencies and organizations with a shared vision - to provide improved, personalized access to government assistance programs.

    Habitat for Humanity
    Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing organization building simple, decent, affordable housing in partnership with people in need.

    Joint Center for Poverty Research
    JCPR concentrates on the causes and consequences of poverty in America and the effectiveness of policies aimed at reducing poverty. Our goal is to advance what is known about the economic, social and behavioral factors that cause poverty, and to establish the actual effects of interventions designed to alleviate poverty.

    LINC Project
    A unique source of information for and about groups of low-income people organizing to confront the shredding of our social safety net.

    Share Our Strength
    Mobilizes of individuals in the culinary industry to organize events, host dinners, teach cooking and nutrition classes to low-income families and serve as anti-hunger advocates.

    World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Surveys
    LSMS is working to develop new methods to monitor progress in raising levels of living, to identify the consequences for households of past and proposed government policies, and to improve communications between survey statisticians, analysts, and policymakers.


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