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Northwest Area Foundation
Click here for publications from NAF, including "On Getting Out—and Staying Out—of Poverty" published in 2004:
http://www.nwaf.org/Resources.aspx?pg=Resources/Publications.ascx
Marie Deatherage
Oregon Housing and Community Services Report on Poverty – 2008
Download the PDF: http://www.oregon.gov/OHCS/ISD/RA/docs/08_PovertyReport.pdf
Oregon Food Bank
Click here to download "Profiles of Poverty and Hunger in Oregon 2006" from OFB. oregon
Includes some good data
Oregon Center for Public Policy
Click here to see OCPP's Reports and Publications on poverty: http://www.ocpp.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?page=reports
http://www.oregon.gov/OHCS/ISD/RA/docs/08_PovertyReport.pdf
The Assets & Opportunity Scorecard
a comprehensive look at wealth, poverty and the financial security of families in the United States. The Scorecard assesses the 50 states and the District of Columbia on how well residents are faring and what states can do to help residents build and protect assets.
Created and managed by CFED http://scorecard.cfed.org/
Oregon Report from The Assets & Opportunity Scorecard
What Oregon Can Do
There are many policies that Oregon could enact to improve its climate for asset building and preservation:
EXPAND THE REFUNDABLE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT: To help low-wage workers afford food and other needs, Oregon should increase the value of the Oregon credit to 18% of the federal credit.
REMOVE REMAINING ASSET LIMITS FOR PUBLIC BENEFITS: To encourage savings and employment, Oregon should remove restrictive asset limits in public benefit programs.
PROMOTE AND PRESERVE HOMEOWNERSHIP: To increase homeownership rates and prevent foreclosures, Oregon should ensure access to foreclosure prevention services and safe, affordable mortgage products.
Overall Grade: C
http://scorecard.cfed.org/state_data/oregon.php
Washington Report from The Assets & Opportunity Scorecard
What Washington Can Do
There are many policies that Washington could enact to improve its climate for asset building and preservation:
INVEST IN MICROENTERPRISE: To boost its low rates of microenterprise and small business ownership, Washington should make small business capital more widely available through microloan programs, restore funding for Individual Development Accounts and invest in training for microentrepreneurs.
PROMOTE AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP: To lower the cost burden shouldered by homeowners and increase the homeownership rate, especially among lower-income Washingtonians, the state should do more to support first-time homebuyers and ensure that prospective homeowners can access safe, affordable mortgage products.
PROTECT CONSUMERS: To reduce the credit card and installment debt burden of its residents, Washington should enact policies to take a stronger stance against payday lending and other usurious practices that harm consumers.
