ABCD
(Action for Boston Community Development)
Boston's official antipoverty agency - from pre-natal
education to elderly initiatives. Planning with and
assisting over 100,000 low-income individuals and families
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ABCD
/ Head Start
A program giving low-income, pre-school children experiences
that would enable them to compete effectively with their
middle-income schoolmates |
ABCD's
ResourceNet
What Comes After Welfare Reform? A Guide to Service
Providers & Advocates in Greater Boston |
ACORN
1453 Dorchester Ave., Boston, MA 02122 - Phone: 617-436-7100.
Organizes low- and moderate-income people in Boston
so that they can build power in their communities. |
American
Public Welfare Association
Educates members of Congress, the media, and the broader
public on what is happening in the states around welfare,
child welfare, health care reform, and other issues
involving families and the elderly. |
Center
on Hunger and Poverty
Latest information on hunger and poverty, as well as
reports and analyses from the Food Security Institute
and the Asset Development Institute. |
Institute
for Research on Poverty
Conducts research into the causes and consequences of
poverty and social inequality in the United States.
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Joint
Center for Poverty Research
Concentrates on the causes and consequences of poverty
in America and the effectiveness of policies aimed at
reducing poverty. |
Labels
Are For Jars
A dynamic and exciting undertaking designed to raise money to fund and operate
the Cor Unum Meal Center, which will help feed the hungry and make a difference
in the lives of people living in Lawrence, Massachusetts, one of the poorest
cities in the United States.
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Manpower
Demonstration Research Corporation
Through research and active communication of findings, enhance the effectiveness
of public policies and programs for low-income people. |
Mathematica
Policy Research, Inc.
Strives to improve public well-being by bringing the
highest standards of quality, objectivity, and excellence
to bear on the provision of information collection and
analysis to our clients. |
National
Center for Children in Poverty
Identify and promote strategies that prevent young child
poverty in the United States and that improve the life
chances of the millions of children under age six who
are growing up poor. |
National
Low Income Housing Coalition
NLIHC provides up-to-date information, formulates policy,
and educates the public on housing needs and the strategies
for solutions. |
| National
Resource Ctr-Info Tech in Child Welfare |
National
Welfare Monitoring & Advocacy Partnership
Monitors of welfare at the community level to inform
both grass roots and national advocacy efforts and to
build the capacity of local communities to advocate
on their own behalf. |
The
Urban Institute
Sharpens thinking about society's problems and efforts
to solve them, improves government decisions and their
implementation, and increases citizens' awareness about
important public choices. |
Welfare
Information Network
A foundation-funded project to help organizations and
individuals obtain the information, policy analysis,
and technical assistance they need to develop and implement
welfare reforms that will reduce dependency and promote
the well-being of children and families. |
Welfare
Law Center
Works with and on behalf of low-income people to ensure
that adequate income support is available whenever and
to the extent necessary to meet basic needs and foster
healthy human and family development. |
