One Good Resource Categories

Statistics

January 22 - Kaiser Family Foundation
February 26 - HHS 2008 Poverty Guidelines
March 11 - Spotlight on Poverty Website
April 2 - Monies lost to Refund Anticipation Loans - Children's Defense Fund
April 29 - Center for Demographic Research @ Auburn University
June 3 - Pew Charitable Trusts, "Getting Ahead or Losing Ground: Economic Mobility in America"
September 10 - Encyclopedia of Alabama
October 21 - Kids Count Data Book

Alabama Partner Agencies & Efforts

February 6 - ACCR High School Contest
February 19 - Alabama Faith Council Launch
March 25 - APP "Poverty and the Alabama Faith Community" Symposium - April 10
April 23 - Black Belt Action Commission & Annual Report
July 17 - Office of School Readiness wins Pre-K Award
August 21 - ACCR Awards & Equal Voices Campaign
October 29 - Election Week OGR

Published Reports

January 29 - Alabama Arise, "Bridging the Gap"
March 6 - House of Representatives Poverty Task Force
May 27 - Center for Demographic Research, "Sweet Home Alabama"
July 10 - Governor's Statewide Interagency Council on Homelessness Report
September 5 - Alabama Arise, "State of Working Alabama 2008"
October 14 - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Children's Heatlth and Education

Editorials

January 16 - Anniston Star
March 18 - USA Today, Path ouf of Poverty
April 16 - Report on gap between richest & poorest in Alabama is #2 in nation
October 3 - Alabama's Public Education Dilemma

Poverty in the Media

April 9 - NOW on PBS - Alabama's tax system

Alabama Poverty Project Library

May 9 - Wayne Flynt, Alabama in the 20th Century

APP News

August 15 - New Executive Director, Kristina Scott