Poverty

Keene Community Kitchen Teaches Nutrition And Creative Cooking

Deborah Schachter — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Some years ago, Maria Dichtelmiller found herself unable to buy food and living in a shelter. She went to The Community Kitchen in Keene, a local food pantry.

Addressing Global Food Scarcity

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000

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The College Admissions Double Standard

Virginia Prescott — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:05:40 +0000

In his first term, President Obama boosted Pell grants and reformed federal financial aid in hopes of increasing college access for low-income students. Despite these efforts, there is another problem preventing the less privileged from getting an education – a disconnect between poor families, and the arcane bureaucracy surrounding the admissions process.

Sarah Carr is author of the new book “Hope Against Hope: Three Schools, One City, and the Struggle to Educate America’s Children.” An excerpt from that book featured in The Atlantic tells the story of one New Orleans high school’s efforts to bridge the admissions process gap.

'Roadmap' Offers Solutions To Rise Of Child Poverty In N.H.

Michael Brindley — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:35:24 +0000

Increasing access to existing food resources, strengthening New Hampshire's food systems, and ensuring the economic security of children and families.

These were among the recommendations found in "Roadmap to End Childhood Hunger," a report issued this week by New Hampshire Hunger Solutions and the Children's Alliance of New Hampshire.

N.H. Has Lowest Child Poverty Rate In U.S., But Growing Numbers Of Low-Income Kids

Amanda Loder — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:57:35 +0000

New Hampshire has the lowest child poverty rate in the country. That’s according to new numbers released by the Census Bureau.

In the United States, the poverty line works out to less than $23,000 a year for a family of four—that means two parents and two children. And fewer than one out of eight New Hampshire kids are living below that line. That’s good news. But Carsey Institute researcher Jessica Bean says the same family of four with even twice that income—close to $46,000—is still struggling.

Who gets Medicaid and who doesn't?

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:53:49 +0000

Reporters love to write in a kind of shorthand. And when it comes to Medicaid, the preferred shortcut is, 'the health care program for the poor.'

Pondering Poverty in America (Rebroadcast)

Laura Knoy — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:00:00 +0000

We play back for you our show we did on Pondering Poverty. That's Monday on the Exchange.

Poverty In America: Defining The New Poor

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:29:00 +0000

Welfare changes in the 1990s helped slash cash benefit rolls, yet the use of food stamps is soaring today. About 15 percent of Americans use food stamps. The program has become what some call the new welfare.

A big reason why is a deal struck between President Clinton and the Republican-controlled Congress in 1996.

Panama Booms While Poor Watch From Afar

Jason Beaubien — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:06:00 +0000

The Central American nation of Panama is booming. Fueled by a multibillion-dollar expansion of the Panama Canal, a thriving banking industry and capital flight from Venezuela, the tiny nation has the highest economic growth rate in the hemisphere.

But even as the government builds a subway system and markets the country as a tropical paradise for multinational corporations, not everyone is sharing in the prosperity.

These days, Panama City is a giant construction site. Roads are being torn up.

Now On The Menu For Hungry Kids: Supper At School

Claudio Sanchez — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:11:00 +0000

Not long after the start of the school year, Monique Sanders, a teacher at Nathan Hale Elementary School in Manchester, Conn., realized many of her students were going to bed hungry.

"It was very bad. I had parents calling me several times a week, asking did I know of any other way that they could get food because they had already gone to a food pantry," Sanders says.

Under Scrutiny, Some Head Start Programs In Limbo

Claudio Sanchez — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:44:00 +0000

The Obama administration is calling for major changes in Head Start, the 46-year-old early childhood education program that helped launch President Johnson's War on Poverty.

President Obama says too many children today aren't learning, and too many education programs are mismanaged.

"We're not just going to put money into programs that don't work," the president announced late last year.

More Cuts Threaten Legal Services for the Poor

Todd Bookman — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:23:08 +0000

The most recent State budget slashed funding for legal services for the poor. Last week, the House passed a bill that would put even more aid at risk.

The legislation would change how something called IOLTA works.

IOLTA stands for ‘Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts’.

When a client hands money over to a lawyer for a short period of time, say, while a real estate deal is being closed, the lawyer puts the money into a pooled account. That account earns interest.

House Committee Urges Action On Food Stamp Fraud

Pam Fessler — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:33:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhVW8t5Jo-I

Cross Roads House

Deborah Schachter — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Joe and Carrie were out of work and had run out of money. They had been living in a motel room with their two young daughters. The Crossroads House homeless shelter has helped them get back on track.

JOE: I was teaching in Maine part-time and suddenly there was no more work. So I said to my wife “let’s see what New Hampshire has - substitute teaching and stuff like that." We lost our place where we were living and we were living in a motel.

Thirty Years Of Low Child And Senior Poverty In NH

Amanda Loder — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:44:35 +0000

We’re all about cool maps at StateImpact, and we just couldn’t resist sharing this one on the changing face of child and senior poverty over the past 30 years. Demographer Kenneth Johnson at the Carsey Institute recently crunched some 2010 Census data, and working with a team at