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Librarian Recommended Web Sites for Poverty

Poverty Information from the US Census
Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement from the United States Department of Health and Human Services
Provides poverty thresholds from the U.S. Census Bureau and links to organizations conducting research on poverty.
Institute for Research on Poverty
From the website: "IRP is a center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States. It is based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As one of three Area Poverty Research Centers sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, it has a particular interest in poverty and family welfare in the Midwest."
Poverty Solutions
From the website: "Poverty Solutions leverages the assets of the university to provide insights on preventing and alleviating poverty. This work can affect the lives of millions of Americans through partnerships with community groups and policy makers to test the most promising solutions possible."
University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research
From the website: "The Center’s research mission is a multidisciplinary approach to the causes, consequences, and correlates of poverty and inequality in the United States, with a special emphasis on the residents of the South."
West Coast Poverty Center
From the website: "The West Coast Poverty Center at the University of Washington serves as a hub for research, education, and policy analysis leading to greater understanding of the causes and consequences of poverty and effective approaches to reducing it in the west coast states."

Organizations

National Center for Children in Poverty
From the website: "The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) is the nation’s leading public policy center dedicated to promoting the economic security, health, and well-being of America’s low-income families and children. NCCP uses research to inform policy and practice with the goal of ensuring positive outcomes for the next generation."

Online Videos

Rethinking Poverty
A collection of videos from the TED (Technology, Entertainment Design) Conference. From the website: "It's the challenge of our age: How do we end poverty? These TED Talks -- from economists, philanthropists, activists -- share ideas and results from around the world."
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TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with the annual TED Conference in Long Beach, California, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK, TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Program, the new TEDx community program, this year's TEDIndia Conference and the annual TED Prize.

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