“In their own words”:  
The center's director talks about this
"dream come true"
and what it means to the community.
 
2005 Portrait Archive  

 

A community garden in Washington DC.

  

Affordable daycare in Columbus, New Mexico

Low-income housing in San Francisco

  

 

Also see:

• Poverty USA: The State of Poverty in America
• The Face of Poverty in America
• Poverty and the Working Poor
• Poverty: 2004 Snapshot
 
Top Ten Lists:
• States with the Highest Poverty Rates
• Counties with the Highest Poverty Rates
• Cities with the Highest Poverty Rates
• Cities with the highest child poverty rates
• Top Ten States with the Highest Percentage of Low Income, Uninsured Children
• Top Ten States with the Greatest Increase in Poverty
• States Experiencing a Decrease in Poverty
• Top Ten States with Highest Percentage of Children Living in Poverty

U.S. Government: What is the "Poverty Line"?

The Poverty Threshold:
How the Government Defines Poverty in America 

How Health and Human Services defines Poverty in America