Young People in Poverty

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Many adolescents and young adults living in poverty are in trouble in both the short and the long run. The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law explains why it is focusing this 2005 special issue on youth in poverty and encourages advocates to apply creative thinking and creative advocacy (in the manner of Sargent Shriver) on behalf of young people.

By Wendy Pollack and Margaret Stapleton From July - August 2005