Discusses child poverty and child welfare practice in Canada. Focuses on the goals and activities of Campaign 2000, a pan-Canadian movement intended to secure implementation of the 1989 House of Commons resolution to eliminate poverty among Canadian children by the year 2000. (MDM)

Reviews the child poverty rate in the United States over the last several decades and examines the impact of economic and demographic trends and changes in government programs on the poverty status of children. (MDM)

Examines a selection of local anti-poverty strategies in Great Britain. Outlines findings on child poverty and links findings with current debates on children's rights. Concludes that issues affecting children living in poverty are insufficiently addressed and that anti-poverty strategies should be refocused to consider the needs and rights of…

This paper examines the dynamics of poverty. Previous analyses of dynamics of poverty have either examined only fluctuations in the male head of family's earnings or looked at the frequency of poverty periods over a fixed time frame. A more appropriate way to understand the dynamics of poverty is to define spells of poverty. Using this…

This brief income fact sheet presents information on the poverty of elderly Hispanics compiled from Bureau of the Census data. The report notes that Hispanics over 65 are more than twice as likely to be poor as elderly whites. Poverty has increased by 13,000 among Hispanics while decreasing by 102,000 for all older Americans. Approximately one out…

SUGGESTIONS FOR STRATEGIES TO WIN THE WAR ON POVERTY ARE BASED ON AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT POVERTY IS, HOW IT IS TO BE FOUGHT, AND THE MEANING OF LOSING THE WAR. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY DEFINITIONS OF POVERTY, FOR INDIVIDUALS DIFFER IN THEIR VALUES AND THEIR IDEAS OF NEED. SUBJECTIVE ESTIMATES OF NEED DEPEND ON WHETHER THE ESTIMATOR IS RICH OR POOR,…

DATA FROM A 1962 NATIONWIDE SURVEY AND FROM STUDIES IN VARIOUS STATES DESCRIBE THE ECONOMIC SITUATION OF SCHOOL DROPOUTS AND LIST FACTORS RELATED TO DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL. THE RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR SCHOOL DROPOUTS WAS TWICE AS HIGH AS FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. DROPOUTS WERE CONCENTRATED IN FARM AND NONFARM LABORING JOBS, A FEW WERE CRAFTSMEN…

This paper reports findings of a survey that investigated the reasons why emergency food is requested. It also provides a profile of emergency food box users and discusses ways that home economists can help needy families bridge the hunger gap. (JOW)

The author discusses his work with gifted/talented children from poor environments and culturally different backgrounds. He describes a program in which students created mini-genealogies and studied their local areas in an attempt to improve students' self-image. (CL)

This brief examines how decreased program participation has affected poverty since welfare reform, reviewing changes in poverty from 1996-1998 and comparing families' current economic status with a scenario that assumes full participation in government support programs. Data come from the 1997 and 1999 National Surveys of America's Families (NSAF)…

"Medicaid undercount" occurs when the number of people enrolled in exceeds the number estimated to be eligible for the program. One hypothesis proposed for this phenomenon has been inadequacies in the estimation of the number eligible for benefits, including health insurance status reporting error. This paper presents a methodology for…

Article, reprinted from The New York Times, clarifies some of the points discussed in About Christopher Jencks's New Book--Inequaltiy,'' an article by James W. Becker and Dave Darland which appeared in the December 1972 issue of Today's Education. (Editor/CB)