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Download full textCommunity Development: Research Briefs & Case Studies, 1996
Federal block grants and consolidated programs related to poverty reduction may compel states to streamline administrative structures and approaches that have deterred collaboration in the past. This report considers the block grant environment in making key policy recommendations for reducing poverty in rural areas, formulated during a Pathways…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Block Grants, Community Health Services, Community Services
Gwynn, Douglas B.; And Others – 1989
In the 1980s California poverty rates increased dramatically. Poverty rates were substantially higher in rural areas and for Hispanics, Asians, single-parent families, and children. The percentage of the labor force in poverty increased, and poverty rates were exceptionally high for the unemployed and for "discouraged workers." The…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Economic Factors, Family Income
