Analysis of questionnaire data supported the hypothesis that representatives of the poor on an Office of Economic Opportunity poverty board were significantly different from representatives of the non-poor in selected demographic and socio-psychological characteristics. (Author/JM)

Discusses problems that social scientists face when evaluating social programs, including cost, methodological concerns, and the development and application of new analytical techniques. (GC)

Three definitions of poverty are considered along with a careful specification of the perspective needed to assess it. (Author/RK)

Outlines the main elements of the British Children's Fund to examine whether it has the necessary elements needed to make a real difference in the lives of children living in poverty. (JPB)

"Quality Counts 2007" begins to track state efforts to create seamless education systems from early childhood to the world of work. This special issue of "Education Week" includes the following articles: (1) Improving Children's Chances (Lynn Olson); (2) Spanning a Lifetime (Christopher B. Swanson); (3) Breaking the Cycle of Poverty (Lynn Olson);…

This briefing report provides information on recent trends in: (1) the number of households applying for food stamp benefits; (2) the number of households participating in the Food Stamp Program; and (3) the percentage of households whose food stamps were improperly denied or terminated. The data were reported by the 50 U.S. states, the District…

Although attitudes towards poverty and public dependency have become more liberal over the past 100 years, most in the general public would argue that stigma serves the important function of discouraging voluntary dependency; beliefs about 13 different programs and proposals to aid the poor are assessed for sample of respondents in the Boston…

AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, TO THE AUTHOR'S KNOWLEDGE, NO ACTION EITHER BY THE POTOWATOMI OR INTERESTED WHITES HAD BEEN TAKEN TOWARD SETTING UP A HEAD START PROGRAM FOR THE POTOWATOMI OF KANSAS. THE AUTHOR STATES WHY, IN THIS OPINION, THE POTOWATOMI DO NOT NEED A HEAD START PROGRAM. IN SPITE OF THE BELIEF, THE REPORT ATTEMPTS TO GIVE BASIC…

WORKERS ARE PRODUCTIVE AGENTS. THEIR ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY IS ENHANCED BY INVESTMENT IN THEM. THE INVESTMENT APPROACH IS NOT ONLY A USEFUL BUT A VERY POWERFUL ORGANIZING CONCEPT FOR POLICY AND PROGRAMING. BY USING IT, ONE CAN IDENTIFY MAJOR MALINVESTMENTS THAT ARE A CONSEQUENCE OF PUBLIC POLICY SUCH AS--(1) IN AGRICULTURE, TOO MUCH HAS BEEN…

Demographic surveys and data could be used to assess programs and policies directly and indirectly concerned with the reduction of poverty, and, through the use of such survey data, to point to a number of population subgroupings which are or are not moving out of poverty. Annually collected Census Bureau facts, the basis of much of the analysis…

The findings of the Citizen's Board of Inquiry are that: (1) hunger and malnutrition affect millions of Americans and are increasing in severity each year; (2) infant deaths, organic brain damage, retarded growth and learning rates, increased vulnerability to disease, withdrawal, apathy, alienation, frustration, and violence result from hunger and…

Several researchers have shown that whites benefit from the presence of large numbers of blacks. This study attempts to determine the effect that the proportion of blacks in an area has upon both black and white poverty rates. Using standard correlation techniques, the basic relationships are examined for 92 Southern SMSA's (Standard Metropolitan…

Concludes that "community development block grants are operating very differently from the model cities program, but they are no more effective in achieving national purposes. If those purposes are to cut red tape and to encourage cities to spend money on public works, then this program may be a great success." (Author/JM)

The Navajo-Hopi Long Range Act and the War on Poverty, had much in common in terms of assumptions and patterns of interaction between reformers and those being reformed: part of this consistancy may be attributed to a failure on the part of the reformers to examine and profit from the experiences of previous reformers. (Author/JM)