Read all posts tagged Poverty
-
From Immigration to Integration: One Immigrant at a Time
Posted by on June 4, 2011 at 12:07 PM EDTChampion of Change Nancy Newton talks about her experience visiting the White House and the successes of her efforts in her community.
-
Military Families, Victims of Tornados, Receive Donated Computers From Operation Homelink
Posted by on June 2, 2011 at 3:57 PM EDTSargent Michael MacLeod writes about the efforts of Operation Homelink, a non-profit that provides computers and web cams to the families of deployed soldiers, to provide computer equipment to soldiers stationed at Fort Bragg who were affected by the devasting tornados that hit the region.
-
Repair the World: USDA Hosts its First Food and Justice Passover Seder
Posted by on May 9, 2011 at 11:13 AM EDTMax Finberg, Director of the Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, describes the Department's "Food and Justice Passover Seder."
-
U.S. Homelessness Council Discusses Partnerships with Governors, Lt. Governors and Mayors
Posted by on May 5, 2011 at 2:14 PM EDTU.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) held a meeting focusing on the important role of partnerships in combating and preventing homelessness.
-
One Year Later: Remembering the Miners of Montcoal
Posted by on April 5, 2011 at 12:00 PM EDTOn April 5, 2010, 29 miners died in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Coal Mine in Montcoal, WV. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis discusses the efforts undertaken by the federal government to improve mine safety.
-
VA Continues Working to Eliminate Veterans Homelessness
Posted by on February 4, 2011 at 3:19 PM EDTVA hosted a Homeless Veterans Stand Down event that provided employment services, benefits claims, counseling, pastoral care, clothing, haircuts and health screenings. Stand Down events are part of the VA’s emphasis to end Veteran homelessness in five years.
-
Moving forward on Benefit Access Recommendations from Advisory Council
Posted by on December 6, 2010 at 2:18 PM EDTJoshua DuBois highlights some recent progress toward implementing specific recommendations from the President’s Advisory Council.
-
The Lift: Recovery Act Moderates 2009 Poverty Results
Posted by on September 16, 2010 at 11:51 AM EDTJared Bernstein explains that for all the bad news in America's poverty rate, the Recovery Act helped a lot of Americans stay above water.
-
Fighting Foreclosures and Strengthening Neighborhoods
Posted by on September 8, 2010 at 6:00 PM EDTHUD Secretary Shaun Donovan writes about the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.
-
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan Talks to Faith and Community Leaders at Atlanta Foreclosure Event
Posted by on August 26, 2010 at 11:06 AM EDTMiniard Culpepper, Acting Director for the HUD Faith-Neighborhood Center, shares his highlights from a recent reception with HUD Secretary Donovan and faith and community leaders.
- &lsaquo previous
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- next &rsaquo
