Poverty Law News

Employment

Understanding Low-Wage Work
This report from the Mobility Agenda and the Center for Economic Policy and Research defines low-wage work and provides a description of the low-wage labor market. The authors also examine the extent to which opportunity exists for workers to move out of the low-wage labor market and into better paying jobs.

Health
AIDS Drug Assistance Programs
The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured has published data on state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs). ADAPs, part of the Ryan White Program, provide HIV/AIDS-related prescription drugs to low-income, uninsured, and underinsured individuals.

Housing

Project-Based Rental Assistance
The Government Accountability Office has published "Project-Based Rental Assistance: HUD Should Update Its Policies and Procedures to Keep Pace with the Changing Housing Market."

Prisons

Florida Governor Restores Voting Rights to Ex-Offenders
Florida Governor Charlie Crist has introduced a change to the executive rules of clemency that will restore voting rights for certain ex-offenders. Under the new rule, ex-offenders who have committed less-severe crimes, who have completed their sentences, and who have paid all victim restitution will have certain civil rights restored, including the right to vote, the right to serve on a jury, the right to apply for occupational licenses, and the right to hold public office.

Welfare

Campaign to Reduce Poverty
Catholic Charities USA has begun a blog to support its Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America. The blog features the latest news, tools, resources and more information about how individuals, local Catholic Charities agencies and other organizations can support the campaign.

Symposium on Poverty and Economic Security
Community Action Partnership will sponsor a national symposium on poverty and economic security on May 29-31, 2007, in Washington, D.C. The symposium will bring together a cross section of practitioners, policymakers, foundations, and researchers for a discussion on the causes and conditions of poverty and solutions and new strategies for ending it.

Workforce Development

Women's Groups Complain of Sex Discrimination in Job Training Programs
Legal Momentum and the National Organization for Women have filed complaints with the Department of Health and Human Services alleging sex discrimination in 34 of the first 100 programs funded by the Bush Administration under its "Responsible Fatherhood" initiative. According to the program summaries on the HHS website, the 34 programs are providing job training services to men but not to women.

Poverty Law News
April 16, 2007