In Their Own Words
Talk to people or families who have triumphed over poverty. Tell the story of life on the economic margins from the perspective of those who live it.
- Ask local churches or community-based, self-help organizations with low-income members to help identify a person or family to be interviewed. Contact your state, county or city's welfare services, division of aging, department of health or job service offices for data on programs that provide assistance to the poor, such as WIC, Medicaid, Medicare and job training. Read the responses to CCHD's Low Income Survey - and hear the nation's poor explain, in their own words, what it really means to be poor in America. Feature successful CCHD-funded projects in your area.
- For an interview on programs that are making a difference, contact the CCHD communications office.
Project Highlight: In 1994, the Neighborhood Pride Team (NPT) was formed by a group of women in a Portland, Oregon, neighborhood plagued with high unemployment. Their goal was to create income-producing jobs by forming a “Skills Center” and entrepreneurial training programs. One such program, funded by CCHD, is Trillium Artisans Marketing Cooperative helping men and women, many of whom are Gypsies, make and market arts and crafts from reclaimed and recycled materials.
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Use this collection of facts about the state of poverty in America to enhance your story, including the Top Ten Poverty Rates of U.S. cities, counties and states.
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For more information about the state of poverty in America, Poverty in America Awareness Month or the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, visit the Catholic Campaign for Human Development web site. |
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