- Report: Kids helped when parents have opportunities, By Ursula Watson, November 12, 2014, Detroit News: “Lawmakers should pass measures that help parents gain education and job training to improve the lives of Michigan’s youngsters living in poverty, a child welfare group says. ‘When you have children, it is very difficult to negotiate going back to school,’ said Jane Zehnder-Merrell, project director of Kids Count in Michigan. ‘We haven’t made it very easy. You used to be able to work your way up, but that’s certainly no longer the case.’ The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s report released Wednesday, Creating Opportunity for Families: A Two-Generation Approach, suggests legislation requiring employers to give workers their schedules at least two weeks in advance, making it easier to take classes. It also suggests family and sick time laws, restoring financial aid to older adults attending public universities and improving child care subsidies for working families with low incomes…”
- Disrupting cycles of poverty requires 2-generation approach, group says, By Marjorie Cortez, November 11, 2014, Deseret News: “National advocates for child well-being say disrupting intergenerational poverty requires a two-generation approach. ‘For too long, our approach to poverty has focused separately on children and adults instead of their inter-related needs,’ said Patrick McCarthy, president and CEO of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Voices for Utah Children, a Salt Lake child advocacy organization, will release a national report Wednesday that includes recommendations on policies, practices and programs to help children and families move out of poverty. The report, authored by the Casey Foundation, will include Utah-specific recommendations…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty