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Hamilton, Robert – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2016
This article examines the neglected role of adult learning in the 1968 Poor People's Campaign (PPC) through a case study of a low-income group from Marks in Mississippi, regarded as the poorest town in America. Social movement theory and both Gramsci and Freire provide a conceptual framework for the study. Over 100 people travelled in May 1968…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Educational History, Activism, Low Income Groups
First Focus, 2018
Each year, effective federal programs give parents the power to provide their children with affordable healthcare, nutritious food, stable housing, and early childhood education. These programs lift millions of children out of poverty, but also have long-term benefits--children in families who accessed these programs have higher educational…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Federal Legislation, Barriers, Program Effectiveness
Riccio, James; Miller, Cynthia – MDRC, 2016
This report summarizes the findings of a long-term evaluation of Opportunity NYC--Family Rewards, an experimental, privately funded, conditional cash transfer (CCT) program to help families break the cycle of poverty. Family Rewards was the first comprehensive CCT program in a developed country. Launched in 2007 by New York City's Center for…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Welfare Services, Poverty Programs, Low Income Groups
Aceves, Aurelia De La Rosa; Greenberg, David M.; Schell, Sarah – MDRC, 2016
This brief is the third in a series documenting the implementation of an economic mobility initiative supported by New York City's Change Capital Fund (CCF). CCF is a consortium of New York City donors formed to invest in local nonprofits that undertake data-driven antipoverty strategies integrating housing, education, and employment services. CCF…
Descriptors: Community Services, Poverty Programs, Nonprofit Organizations, Integrated Activities
Huston, Aletha C.; Gupta, Anjali E.; Walker, Jessica Thornton; Dowsett, Chantelle J.; Epps, Sylvia R.; Imes, Amy E.; McLoyd, Vonnie C. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011
New Hope, an employment-based poverty-reduction intervention for adults evaluated in a random-assignment experimental design, had positive impacts on children's achievement and social behavior two and five years after random assignment. The question addressed in this paper was the following: Did the positive effects of New Hope on younger children…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Parents, Employment, Poverty Programs
Greenberg, David; Dechausay, Nadine; Fraker, Carolyn – MDRC, 2011
In 2007, New York City's Center for Economic Opportunity launched Opportunity NYC-Family Rewards, an experimental, privately funded, conditional cash transfer (CCT) program to help families break the cycle of poverty. Family Rewards provided payments to low-income families in six of the city's poorest communities for achieving specific goals…
Descriptors: Poverty Programs, Urban Areas, Demonstration Programs, Rewards
Greenberg, David; Dechausay, Nadine; Fraker, Carolyn – MDRC, 2011
In 2007, New York City's Center for Economic Opportunity launched Opportunity NYC-Family Rewards, an experimental, privately funded, conditional cash transfer (CCT) program to help families break the cycle of poverty. Family Rewards provided payments to low-income families in six of the city's poorest communities for achieving specific goals…
Descriptors: Poverty Programs, Urban Areas, Demonstration Programs, Rewards
Riccio, James; Dechausay, Nadine; Miller, Cynthia; Nuñez, Stephen; Verma, Nandita; Yang, Edith – MDRC, 2013
Opportunity NYC-Family Rewards, an experimental, privately funded, conditional cash transfer (CCT) program to help families break the cycle of poverty, was the first comprehensive CCT program in a developed country. Launched in 2007 by New York City's Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO), Family Rewards offered cash assistance to low-income…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Experimental Programs, Incentive Grants, Poverty Programs
Joint Economic Committee, Washington, DC. – 1986
This document presents a transcript of a Joint Subcommittee on Monetary and Fiscal Policy hearing on the impact of the Federal "War on Poverty" programs. Testimony and submissions for the record included: (1) a paper by Lowell Gallaway et al., "The 'New' Structural Poverty: A Quantitative Analysis," which examines the effects…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Federal Programs, Low Income Groups, Poverty
Greenberg, Mark – 1993
Noting the while there may be much support for the principle that families on welfare should have access to 2 years of education and training and then be expected to work, this paper contends that it will be extremely difficult, perhaps impossible, to design a coherent and constructive program within the probable federal budget constraints. In…
Descriptors: Employment, Family Programs, Federal Legislation, Low Income Groups
Brischetto, Robert R.; Leonard, Paul A. – 1988
This report provides data and discusses trends in the demography and economics of Latinos. It was compiled in response to a request from Latino leaders for information on the needs of their constituents. In general the trends show that Latinos are falling through the safety net that government agencies are supposed to provide. Changes in the…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economic Status, Hispanic Americans, Low Income Groups

McCarthy, Colman – Young Children, 1985
Demonstrates typical concerns and problems associated with administering and maintaining a rural community Head Start center as exemplified by the Carbon County Child Development Program in Rawlins, Wyoming. Emphasizes the poverty of families served, lack of federal financial support, enrollment trends, and educational benefits of the Head Start…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Educational Benefits, Enrollment, Financial Support

Matt, Georg E.; Cook, Thomas D. – Evaluation Review, 1993
An evaluation of efforts by the Carter and Reagan Administrations to reduce fraud, error, and mismanagement in social programs is provided, examining the food stamp program as an example. Data available do not make it possible to say whether these administrative and political efforts actually decreased fraud and error. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Federal Programs
Quay, Lorene C. – 1993
This research review focuses on the effects of early intervention on the preschool children of low-income families, examining studies of intervention programs begun in the 1960s through the present. It then relates this analysis to the new Georgia Prekindergarten Program. The interventions reviewed are grouped into four hierarchical categories…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Disadvantaged Environment, Environmental Influences, Family Programs
Brunner, Gerti L. – 1973
The effect of training programs on the income and employment duration of low-income residents of Chicago has been examined through data drawn from the 1969 Urban Employment Survey, which reflects differences in such factors as age, race, sex, level of education, occupation, and industry of employment and contains information about participation in…
Descriptors: Age, Blacks, Educational Background, Educational Programs
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