New Poverty Data

In response to the new Census data on poverty, income and health insurance coverage, Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity has compiled a variety of resources to help journalists, policymakers and advocates locate timely analysis, statements and events examining the new figures. We’ve also provided tools for you to share in discussions about the new poverty data:

• Resource guide: includes a listing of events, blog postings, reports and analysis. The guide will be continuously updated with new resources as they become available.
• Twitter campaign: help highlight the importance of the new Census Bureau figures and raise awareness of poverty in the United States by tweeting about the new data using the #poverty hashtag
• Exclusive commentary: Caroline Ratcliffe and Signe-Mary McKernan  of the Urban Institute authored an exclusive commentary for Spotlight, “Help Children Born into Poverty”
• Idea Generator: in collaboration with Spotlight, American Radio Works launched the Reducing Poverty Idea Generator, an online platform for exchanging ideas about how to help low-income Americans achieve financial security. Post your ideas about how to reduce poverty in the United States.

Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity is an initiative of the AARP Foundation,
the Annie E. Casey Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
The California Endowment, the Eos Foundation, the Endowment for Health (New Hampshire),
the Ford Foundation, the Foundation for the Mid South, The George Gund Foundation,
the Hagedorn Foundation, Living Cities, the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, 
the Northwest Area Foundation, the Open Society Institute, the Public Welfare Foundation,
the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Rosenberg Foundation, the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina, the Stoneman Family Foundation, the Women's Funding Network and other major national
foundations. The Kaiser Family Foundation provides in-kind television and web cast facilities.