Fight Poverty Research Articles

Book Review: Forests to Fight Poverty: Creating National Strategies

Book Review: Forests to Fight Poverty: Creating National Strategies

Understanding the nature of poverty in urban America

Tables and Figures Preface Acknowledgments Introduction What Is Poverty, and How Is Poverty Measured by the Federal Government? What Kinds of National Policies Have Been Utilized to Manage Poverty?--From the New Deal to the Clinton Administration What Are the Major Characteristics and Trends Associated with Poverty in the United States, and How Are Race and Ethnicity Reflected in These Trends? What Are the Major Explanations for Persistent Poverty in the United States? What Are the Major Characteristics and Themes Reflected in the United States Welfare System and Anti-Poverty Policies? How Is the Underclass Defined and Explained? How Have the Poor Utilized Political Mobilization to Fight Poverty in the United States? How Does Social Welfare Policy Directed at Poverty in the United States Compare to Social Welfare Systems in Other Countries? Conclusion Notes Index

The Community Action Program: A Strategy to Fight Poverty

Initially, the Community Action Program (CAP) of the Economic Opportunity Act (EOA) meant different things to different people, but few fully understood its theoretical underpinnings and its future directions could not be predicted. Since then, CAP has evolved into an "umbrella" for a collection of social, educational, political, and welfare-type programs. Half of CAP's funds for the first four years went to prepackaged national programs such as Head Start or Legal Services; the rest were spent largely on "local initiative" programs governed by broad federal guidelines, such as the neighborhood service centers. The cornerstone of community action was participation in the planning and implementation of programs by the poor or by their neighbors living in poverty areas. Local governments often left the community action programs alone, but in many cases the Establishment played a major role in the formulation of agencies and programs. On the whole, CAP monies were spread too thinly over too many areas to have a discernible impact on poverty; but, still, CAP can be thought of as an innovative program in that it gave a voice to the poor.

The Reluctance of Uncle Sam's Bureaucrats To Fight Poverty With "the Pill"

The Reluctance of Uncle Sam's Bureaucrats To Fight Poverty With "the Pill"