This select bibliography on poverty in the U.S. is divided into the following areas: (1) general references; (2) economics of poverty; (3) the poor; (4) Office of Economic Opportunity Programs - General; (5) Community Action, VISTA, and participation of the poor; (6) manpower and poverty; (7) poverty and health; (8) education and the poor; (9) the…

A 3-YEAR COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROJECT WAS UNDERTAKEN IN SOUTHEAST SAN DIEGO, A CITY WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED BY A LARGE MINORITY GROUP POPULATION, LOW INCOMES, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL MEDIAN. ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES WERE POORLY ATTENDED IN THE AREA. CREATIVE MOTIVATIONAL TECHNIQUES WERE MADE POSSIBLE BY FOUNDATION…

This study examines the relationship between income and housing assistance programs. The welfare system, through the explicit and implicit shelter allowances that welfare recipients receive as part of their public assistance benefits, spends at least $10 billion a year on housing assistance. The Department of Housing and Urban Development spends a…

Self-help among low-income people is vitally important. In no area is self-help more important than in overcoming poverty's burdens and energizing the escape from poverty. This document comprises an inventory of self-help and mutual-help programs that feature active involvement of members of the low-income population. The programs in this…