Statewide efforts seeks support for economic recovery plan
Amid a worsening economic recession that has left nearly two million Americans without jobs and more than 2.5 million more without homes, advocacy groups, community leaders and struggling out-of-work Florida families will gather at three locations statewide on Thursday, Dec. 18 for the Florida launch of the ‘Jobs and Economic Recovery Now' campaign as part of a national, coalitional effort urging members of Congress to support President-Elect Barack Obama's call for a major economic recovery and jobs creation package.
Poverty drops, but a slowing economy likely to expand numbers of poor in Florida
Poverty declined in Florida from to 12.5 percent in 2001 to 12.1 percent in 2007, according to data released today by the Census Bureau. But a slumping economy, growing unemployment and a regressive tax policy that have all taken affect since January jeopardize Florida's gains.
Census Bureau poverty data for 2007
2007 Blueprint for Prosperity (Self-Sufficiency Standard)
Statement from the Census Bureau on the new poverty numbers
National group features HSC, local stories
1000 Voices Archive, a national collection of video stories created by filmmakers and communities, features HSC and stories its staff collected about healthcare, immigration and poverty. Go to Florida on the map to see some of these compelling stories of triumph and struggle.
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