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Mapping New England: child poverty by county
Childhood poverty is a concern in itself and also because it often leads to adult poverty. Communities & Banking looks at the region?s changing child poverty rate between 1997 and 2007.
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Mapping New England: concentration of poverty
In 2000, 9 percent of New England?s population lived below the poverty level, and more than 5 percent of the region?s communities had poverty levels higher that 20 percent.
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Disability, unemployment, and poverty
For too long, disability has been linked to poverty and a lack of workforce participation. Today, a growing recognition that this is a major social issue is leading to solutions.
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Observations: weathering the bills
A hidden cost of New England's cold winters.
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Increasing low-income access to opportunity
The author describes how state and city governments are taking the lead in giving visibility to poverty and opportunity through task-force initiatives, summits, and state poverty targets.
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Mapping New England: people living in lower-income areas, by county
Twenty-five percent of New England residents lived in low- and moderate-income areas in 2005?2009.