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PAA Congressional Briefing on Poverty

By PAA Web posted 06-09-2014 00:00

  

PAA members presenting at the Congressional briefing on June 9, 2014.PAA and APC, in conjunction with the Office of Congressman Mike Honda, hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill “The War on Poverty: 50 Years Later and the Battle Continues” on June 9. 2014. This year marks the fifty year anniversary since President Johnson declared the War on Poverty. Nonetheless, 46.5 million Americans continue to live in poverty. To most effectively address poverty, we need to better understand who is poor and how well current federal assistance programs address their needs.

The briefing featured presentations by national experts who explained how we measure poverty, what we know about the current picture of poverty in America, and how well certain federal programs are working to improve the lives of poor and working poor Americans.

Featured speakers:

Dr. Kathleen Short, U.S. Census Bureau – Measuring Poverty in the United States

Dr. John Iceland, Pennsylvania State University – Poverty in America 50 Years after the War on Poverty

Dr. Colleen Heflin, University of Missouri – The War on Poverty and Material Hardship


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