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Category Archives: Poverty
Finding ways to make "work supports" work better
The federal and state governments have a number of ways to help working families at or near poverty stay afloat economically and get a leg up towards self-sufficiency. Yet, for a variety of reasons, families don’t always get the help … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, Poverty
Tagged asset limits, child care assistance, Children's Defense Fund-Minnesota, food stamps, SNAP, work supports
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Finding ways to make “work supports” work better
The federal and state governments have a number of ways to help working families at or near poverty stay afloat economically and get a leg up towards self-sufficiency. Yet, for a variety of reasons, families don’t always get the help … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, Poverty
Tagged asset limits, child care assistance, Children's Defense Fund-Minnesota, food stamps, SNAP, work supports
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An update on climate change policy
The Minnesota Budget Project has been following the climate change debate for some time. Low-income populations will be disproportionately impacted if nothing is done about climate change, but these same households will also be impacted harder by price increases resulting … Continue reading
Posted in Cap and Trade, Environment, Poverty
Tagged cap and dividend, Cap and Trade, climate-change, Congress, copenhagen
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Minnesota sliding backwards in 2000s – income down, poverty up
Over the last few weeks, the U.S. Census has released data showing that Minnesota has been sliding backwards during the current decade. Earlier this month, we blogged about how employer-sponsored health care has declined significantly since 2000-01. Now, new Census data … Continue reading
Posted in Poverty
Tagged Census, health insurance, median household income, minnesota, Poverty
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2008 wasn't such a great year for health insurance, poverty and income
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released numbers looking at health insurance, poverty and income statistics from 2008. The verdict: Not good. In Minnesota, 8.5 percent of people were uninsured in 2007-08, or about one in 12 Minnesotans. Although the percentage of … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, Poverty
Tagged Census, CPS, health insurance, median income, Poverty, uninsured
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2008 wasn’t such a great year for health insurance, poverty and income
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released numbers looking at health insurance, poverty and income statistics from 2008. The verdict: Not good. In Minnesota, 8.5 percent of people were uninsured in 2007-08, or about one in 12 Minnesotans. Although the percentage of … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, Poverty
Tagged Census, CPS, health insurance, median income, Poverty, uninsured
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Convening on climate change provides opportunities to act
Last week, the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits hosted a Convening on Climate Change to bring together a diverse range of nonprofits and other advocacy groups to talk about the impacts of climate change on low-income communities and people of color. This is an urgent … Continue reading
Posted in Action Opportunity, Cap and Trade, Environment, Poverty
Tagged Cap and Trade, climate-change, Environment, low-income
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Convening this Tuesday to address environmental, low-income and social justice issues
If you have an interest in environmental, low-income or social justice issues, there is an important conversation taking place this Tuesday that you should be part of. The Convening on Climate Change will provide a great deal of information about the many … Continue reading
Posted in Cap and Trade, Environment, Poverty
Tagged Cap and Trade, climate-change, consumder relief, green jobs, weatherization
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Important climate change legislation clears first hurdle in Congress
We’ve been talking about climate change legislation on our blog for some time. Now we are seeing real movement on this issue at the federal level. The American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454) took a huge step forward … Continue reading
Posted in Action Opportunity, Cap and Trade, Environment, Poverty
Tagged Cap and Trade, climate-change, Congress, EITC, energy assistance, federal, greenhouse gases, LIHEAP, low-income
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Climate change and low-income communities
As some of you may realize, climate change policy is in motion at the federal level right now. The American Clean Energy and Security Act (HR 2454, authored by Reps. Waxman and Markey) is currently being amended in the House … Continue reading
