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Nutrition for the Homeless. Hearing on S. 728, A Bill To Improve the Nutrition of the Homeless, and for Other Purposes; and S. 812, A Bill to Amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to Provide Urgent Relief to Improve the Nutrition of the Homeless...(Nutrition for Homeless Individuals Act of 1987) before the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Investigations of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, First Session.

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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. – 1987

This document contains oral testimony by state and government officials, prepared statements, and supporting materials concerning food assistance for the homeless. The bills before the Senate would increase Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) funding by $10 million in fiscal year 1987, and $20 million in 1988. According to John W.…

Descriptors: Federal Aid, Food, Government Role, Hearings

Low-Income Housing Tax Credits and the Role of Tax Policy in Preserving the Stock of Low-Income Housing. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures of the Committee on Ways and Means. House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session.

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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Ways and Means. – 1988

This document comprises testimony delivered before the House Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures on the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit created by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, and on the role of tax policy in preserving the stock of low-income housing. The effectiveness of the low-income credit program is discussed and strategies to improve it…

Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Financial Policy, Government Role, Hearings

Children and Families in Poverty: The Struggle to Survive. Hearing before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session.

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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1988

This document comprises the testimonies presented at this hearing and related documents. A new study on trends in family income in the United States from 1970 to 1986, prepared in the Congressional Budget Office, is included, as is a fact sheet on children and families in poverty. Millions of children and families have been left out of the…

Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Advocacy, Day Care, Economically Disadvantaged