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Poverty Alleviation
Poverty and Racism
Poverty Public Policy

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Rural poverty refers to poverty found in rural areas, but more importantly, to factors of rural society, rural economy and ...

Findings

On Getting Out-and Staying Out-of Poverty Th Complex Causes of and Responses to Poverty in the Northwest Published by the Northwest Area Foundation, this reader ...

Prosperity in Rural Communities

Economist Andrew Isserman (isserman@uiuc.edu) has an interesting study identifying what makes for a prosperous rural community. He uses ...

The Oregon Food Bank Network releases annual statewide statistics "High unemployment and growing foreclosures forced a record number of people in Oregon and Clark County, Wash., ...

U.S. Census Bureau Poverty in the United States

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement

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Resources

Where to start

Of all the People & Organizations involved with Rural Poverty, who knows most? What are the best contacts for people just starting out on this topic?

"Our mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of ...

"PovertyNet provides an introduction to key issues as well as in-depth information on poverty measurement, monitoring, analysis, and on poverty reduction strategies for researchers and ...

The Community Action Partnership of Oregon, CAPO, (formerly Community Action Directors of Oregon, CADO) is a private, non-profit association comprised of the Executive Directors of ...

People & Organizations

Here are all the People & Organizations working on Rural Poverty:

Clatskanie Together Coalition

Community Action Partnership of Oregon

Neighborhood Partnerships

Northwest Area Foundation

Rogue Valley Community Development Corporation

Rural Development Initiatives

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Supporting Foundations and Affinity Groups

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