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What is Poverty?
What is Poverty?
This short film explores the depth of what causes poverty and how Tearfund believes of we can continue turning the tide of injustice.
Barnes and... A Conversation with Dr. Donna Beegle
Barnes and... A Conversation with Dr. Donna Beegle
Dr. Donna Beegle, President and Founder of Communication Across Barriers shares her research and life experience about poverty in America. Dr. Beegle, a product of generational poverty, talks about the stereotypes, the causes, and impact of poverty and the importance of educating others and understanding the issue.
Dr. Ruby Payne's Bridges Out of Poverty Overview
Dr. Ruby Payne's Bridges Out of Poverty Overview
A variety of Bridges Out of Poverty users describe the successes and results experienced from this community sustainability work.
A Portrait of Poverty in America
A Portrait of Poverty in America
From the Wall Street Journal, this video illustrates how many families in Tchula, Miss., struggle to make ends meet with a patchwork of jobs and high-interest loans. Community leaders and the town's only bank try to help, but the cycle of despair isn't easily broken.
Workforce Housing
Find out more about workforce housing in this short video from Cottage Grove, Minnesota.
What is the Cliff Effect?
The Cliff Effect occurs when a pay raise at work triggers a disproportionate loss of government assistance. Even a small raise can "push people off the cliff" when it comes to benefits. Suddenly ineligible for subsidized food, housing, healthcare, or childcare, the family is worse off than before receiving the raise.
Websites & Online Resources
Websites & Online Resources
ALICE also represents the data reshaping the dialogue on financial hardship, and a grassroots movement that is picking up steam across half of U.S. states - and counting.
aha! Process, Inc.: Enable individuals, institutions, and communities to stabilize and grow resources for all, particularly those in poverty.
Communication Across Barriers: a national and international gold standard consulting firm has been serving professionals and entire communities on breaking the cycle of poverty in America.
Georgia Essentials for Childhood: Part of a comprehensive effort for child abuse and neglect prevention across several states using the Essentials for Childhood framework developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). We are working to build resilient communities, address and prevent adverse childhood experiences, improve community environments, and reduce and destigmatize trauma.
Georgia Public Policy Foundation: Highlighting research and policy briefs to encourage systems change in which the primary focus is helping individuals move from dependency to self-sufficiency.
Georgia Spotlight on Poverty: Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity: The Source for News, Ideas and Action is a non-partisan initiative that brings together diverse perspectives from the political, policy, advocacy and foundation communities to find genuine solutions to the economic hardship confronting millions of Americans. Through the ongoing exchange of ideas, research and data, Spotlight seeks to inform the policy debate about reducing poverty and increasing opportunity in the United States.
Healthy Outcomes From Positive Experiences (HOPE): Research shows that positive childhood experiences (PCEs) help children grow into healthy, resilient adults. The HOPE framework centers around the Four Building Blocks of HOPE, key types of positive childhood experiences that all children need to thrive: Relationships, Environment, Engagement, and Emotional Growth.
National Center for Children in Poverty: They aim to improve the lives of low-income children and their families by delivering our research to advocates and policymakers seeking to craft effective policies that promote healthy child development and strong, nurturing families that are economically secure.
Talk Poverty - Georgia Statistics: While poverty and economic insecurity are too high across the country, some parts of the nation fare better than others. Use our interactive map to learn more about the economic health of your state and congressional district across a variety of indicators.
Workforce Housing
Workforce Housing
Workforce Housing Initiative - The purpose of the OneGeorgia Equity Fund is to provide a program of financial investments that includes grants, loans, grant/loan combinations and any other forms of assistance authorized by (O.C.G.A. 50-34-1 et seq.) to finance activities that will assist applicants in promoting the economic security and creation and retention of economic opportunities for the citizens of the state through the development and retention of employment opportunities in different areas of the state.
Homelessness
Homelessness
TANF, Living Wages & The Cliff Effect
TANF, Living Wages & The Cliff Effect
Want to assist families in applying for TANF, visit the DFCS website.
Circles USA: research, blogs and information related to the Cliff Effect and best practices in creating systems change.
Hunger
Hunger
Feeding America: the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization.
Books
Books
Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness by Rick Hanson Ph.D , and Forrest Hanson
Building Resilience in Students Impacted by Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Whole-Staff Approach by Victoria E. Romero, Ricky Robertson, and Amber N. Warner
Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities 1st Edition, by Ruby Payne, Phillip DeVol, Terie Dreussi- Smith
A Framework for Understanding Poverty 4th Edition 4th Edition by Ruby K. Payne
See Poverty...Be the Difference by Dr. Donna Beegle
Toxic Charity: How the Church Hurts Those They Help and How to Reverse It by Robert D. Lupton
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert
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