Category Archives: Suburban Poverty

The following interesting infographic about the rise in suburban poverty was sent to me by Jenn at Best MSW Programs: What do you think? Citations: http://confrontingsuburbanpoverty.org/action-toolkit/top-100-us-metros/ http://time.com/3060122/poverty-america-suburbs-brookings/ http://familiesusa.org/product/federal-poverty-guidelines http://www.poverties.org/effects-of-poverty.html http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/the-avenue/posts/2014/08/15-ferguson-suburban-poverty http://www.pbs.org/fmc/timeline/dsuburb.htm http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/sprawled-out-in-atlanta-106500.html#.U_pB9fmwKb4 http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/07poverty.shtml http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/03/29/chart-median-household-incomes-have-collapsed-during-the-recession/ http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/for-most-families–wealth-has-vanished-172130204.html

New studies show that child abuse can lead to poverty. Victims of child abuse have an increased chance of ending up in poverty than children from non-abusive homes. “You can come from a family that has money but if they don’t treat you well, you can end up in a lot of trouble,” said Senior […]

In a recent article on BlackEnterprise.com, Alfred Edmond, Jr. wrote about how people hurt themselves financially just to give the appearance of wealth. Though the magazine addresses Black financial issues specifically, I think the advice in that article applies to all people who may struggle financially. He shows how people ring up their credit cards […]

The following quote demonstrates a major way in which official poverty statistics understate the poverty epidemic: “While in any given year 12 to 15 percent of the population is poor, over a ten-year period 40 percent experience poverty in at least one year because most poor people cycle in and out of poverty; they don’t […]