The American Citizen - Poverty and Homelessness

54 Ways You Can Help The Homeless -- Rabbi Charles A. Kroloff's online book includes suggestions for helping people who are homeless.
Administration for Children and Families -- a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that " ...brings together in one organization the broad range of Federal programs and services that address the needs of children and families."
American Public Human Services Association -- an organization that " ...educates members of Congress, the media, and the broader public on what is happening in the states around welfare, child welfare, health care reform, and other issues involving families and the elderly."
Atlantic Unbound: Poverty -- includes a collection of articles about poverty originally published in The Atlantic Monthly magazine.
Bread for the World -- " ...a nationwide Christian movement which seeks justice for the world's hungry people by lobbying our nation's decision makers."
CARE -- an " ...international aid and development organization providing food, self-help, health care, and small business loans and agricultural loans."
Center for Law and Social Policy -- seeks to " ...improve the economic conditions of low-income families with children and secure access for the poor to our civil justice system."
Child Welfare League of America -- " ...the nation's oldest and largest organization devoted entirely to the well-being of America's vulnerable children and their families."
Commission on Homelessness and Poverty -- " ...devoted to fostering the development of legal pro bono homeless programs and to educating the profession and public to the legal problems of the very poor," a part of the American Bar Association.
Ending Welfare As We Know It -- online from the conservative/libertarian Cato Institute, an article by Michael Tanner, their director of Health and Welfare Studies.
A Farmer's Scarlet Letter: Four Generations of Middle-Class Welfare is Enough -- written by Blake Hurst, an article online from the conservative Heritage Foundation's quarterly journal Policy Review, in the Spring 1995 edition.
Federal Welfare Reform -- includes information on the details of H.R. 3734, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1966, describes the various aspects of the bill, from the California Employment Development Department.
Habitat for Humanity International -- " ...a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry dedicated to eliminating substandard housing and homelessness worldwide and to making adequate, affordable shelter a matter of conscience and action."
National Coalition for the Homeless -- " ...a national advocacy network of homeless persons, activists, service providers, and others committed to ending homelessness through public education, policy advocacy, grassroots organizing, and technical assistance."
National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty -- a group that " ...advocates effectively to protect the rights of homeless people and to implement solutions to end homelessness in America... pursues three main strategies: impact litigation, policy advocacy, and public education."
National Housing Institute -- an organization that " ...examines the issues causing the crisis in housing and community in America."
A New Direction For U.S. Welfare -- online from the journal The Written Word, an article on welfare written by Rick Finley.
Supreme Court Decisions Search -- from the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University School of Law.
U.S. Census Poverty Statistics -- census figures showing poverty in the U.S.
U.S. Census Income Statistics -- census figures showing income in the U.S.
Welfare Information Network -- this group is a " ...clearinghouse for information, policy analysis and technical assistance on welfare reform."
Welfare Reform: An Analysis of the Issues -- online from The Urban Institute, article edited by Isabel V. Sawhill.
Welfare and Families -- online from the Electronic Policy Network, includes " ...articles, reports, and other information about the national debate over welfare reform and family issues, much of the material from leading policy research and advocacy organizations"
Why Third World Aid May Make Poverty Worse -- from Geonomics magazine, an article that discusses possible problems with relief efforts to third world nations.
World Hunger Year -- a group whose mission is " ...to work for just policies creating a more secure world and to support innovative programs creating sustainable livlihoods for all."