Seminar
Senior University 05, QUEST Spring 06
Poverty
myths and tragic truths
Poverty 101 from the Center of Public Policy Priorities in Austin is an excellent resource; if that link does not work, copy this into your brower: http://www.cppp.org/files/8/BRP%20Pov101%20Jan%2008.pdf
Sojourners publishes a discussion guide of 54 pages called Christians and Poverty, if that link does not work copy this into your browser: www.sojo.net/resources/ discussion_guides/DG_poverty_toc.pdf
"Basic Family Budget Calculator" from Economic Policy Institute:
- http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/datazone_fambud_budget ...
to calculate hourly wage divide monthly total by 173.333.
Texas:
- http://www.cppp.org/
... Center for Public Policy Priorities in Austin; good research published
on web and print.
- http://www.cppp.org/kidscount/
... Project focuses on Texas children
Austin:
- http://www.austinfoodbank.org/
... Capital Area Food Bank
- http://www.caction.org/
... Austin Community Action Network
- http://www.housing-rights.org/
. . . Austin Tenant Council with local links
- http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/health/ms_homeless.htm
National:
- http://www.brookings.edu/
... Brookings Institute research and opinion
- http://www.pewtrusts.com
... Pew Charitable Trust
- http://www.cbpp.org/
... center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- http://www.epinet.org
... Economic Policy Institute has a great deal of economic data
- http://www.grameen-info.org/… Grameen micro banking now bringing
people out of poverty around the world
- http://www.cjcj.org/
... Justice Policy Institute reports on Texas prison population
- http://www.yeaperson.com/LBJ-Cotulla.html
... Johnson’s remarks in Cotulla where he taught
Housing SROs (Single
Resident Occupancy):
- http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/homeless/programs/sro/index.cfm
... Federal level information
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