- Kids, poverty data released Thursday at Salt Lake City summit, By Cathy Mckitrick, April 25, 2013, Salt Lake Tribune: “According to the KIDS COUNT annual data release, 377,396 Utahns lived below the federal poverty level in 2011 and 140,772 were youth under the age of 18. The nonprofit organization Voices for Utah Children released 25 indicators of child well-being Thursday in conjunction with Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker’s Carpe Datum Summit highlighting new neighborhood details provided by the University of Utah…”
- Utah’s child poverty rate rising, 2013 KIDS COUNT report says, By Marjorie Cortez, April 26, 2013, Deseret News: “Child poverty is on the rise in Utah, a trend child advocates say drives down many other measures of child well-being. According to the latest KIDS COUNT report, nearly 378,000 Utahns lived below the federal poverty level in 2011, with more than 140,000 of them children under age 18…”
Month: April 2013
Food Bank Use in the UK
Number of people turning to food banks triples in a year, By Patrick Butler, April 23, 2013, The Guardian: “More than 350,000 people turned to food banks for help last year, almost triple the number who received food aid in the previous year and 100,000 more than anticipated, according to the UK’s biggest food crisis charity. The Trussell Trust said the dramatic increase in the use of its food banks was set to continue in the coming months as poorer families struggle financially as a result of the government’s welfare reforms…”
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Florida
In Florida, a food-stamp recruiter deals with wrenching choices, By Eli Saslow, April 23, 2013, Washington Post: “A good recruiter needs to be liked, so Dillie Nerios filled gift bags with dog toys for the dog people and cat food for the cat people. She packed crates of cookies, croissants, vegetables and fresh fruit. She curled her hair and painted her nails fluorescent pink. ‘A happy, it’s-all-good look,’ she said, checking her reflection in the rearview mirror. Then she drove along the Florida coast to sign people up for food stamps. Her destination on a recent morning was a 55-and-over community in central Florida, where single-wide trailers surround a parched golf course. On the drive, Nerios, 56, reviewed techniques she had learned for connecting with some of Florida’s most desperate senior citizens during two years on the job…”