Related Links
This page provides a collection of links to poverty-related resources and information. Choose from the following categories:
Consumer Information and
Assistance
American Council on Consumer Interests
Center for Responsible
Lending
Consumer Credit
(National Foundation for Consumer Credit)
Consumer Fraud
(National Fraud Information Center)
Consumer Federation of America
Consumer Information Center
(Under General Services Administration
Organizational Components)
Consumer Law Center
Consumer Reports
Consumer Resources
Federal Trade Commission
Public Interest Research Groups
Renter's Guide
(pdf)
Family Health
Family
Nutrition Education Program (FNEP)
Families USA
(Health Care)
Food and Nutrition Information Center
Consumer Health
Information (Spanish version)
Needy Meds
Federal Government Information, Agencies and
Programs
American with
Disabilities Act
Children, Youth and Families at Risk Initiative
(CYFAR)
U.S.
Census Bureau Poverty Information
Administration for Children and
Families
Internal Revenue Services
Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
U.S. Department of Labor
Government Printing Office
Pension and Welfare Benefits
Administration
Information for
Educators and Students
A
Basic Needs Budget for Rural Missouri Single Mothers: Estimation and
Comparison with Poverty Measures
Children, Youth, and Families
Education and Research Network
Center on Budget & Policy
Priorities’ Tax Credit Outreach Kit
Low Income and Culturally Diverse Audience
Information, Resources, & Tips for educators
working with low income and culturally diverse audiences.
Limited Resource Audience
Ohio State University Extension information and
resources for working with limited resource audiences.
Maryland School of Public
Affairs Welfare Reform Academy
The
Earned Income Tax Credit and Female-Headed Households: Usage and Family
Impacts
Poverty Newsletter (Sign up for the PovertyNet
Newsletter
here.)
Poverty Tour
Web based two-minute tour to raise awareness
about economic poverty and to show how impossible it is to live at the
poverty line drawn by the federal government.
Nonprofit Agencies focused on Poverty
AARP
Administration for Children and
Families
Center for Community Change
Center for Third World Organizing
Children's Defense Fund
Citizens for Missouri's Children
Common Dreams Foundation
Department of Social Services
State of Missouri
Dictionary for
Translations (Spanish to English & English to
Spanish)
Division of Family Services Income Maintenance Manual
Used by DFS caseworkers.
Internal Revenue Service
Jobs with Justice
Moving Ideas
Publication Listings
(Spanish and English versions)
United for a Fair Economy
Urban Institute
Law, Social Policy and Ethics
American Public Human Services
Association
Americans with
Disabilities Act
Better Business Bureau
Gateway Legal Services
Immigrant Law Center
Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
Legal Aid of Western Missouri
Missouri Legal Aid
The Center for Law and Social Policy
The Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities
The Missouri Bar Association
The
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
Missouri Legislative
Bill Tracking
Current Bill Status Information
Public and Financial
Assistance
Benefits for Families
Federal
Government Benefits
Research Institutes
Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Economic Success
Clearinghouse
Institute for Research on Poverty
Research Forum on Children,
Families, and the New Federalism
Urban Institute
State Government Information, Agencies and Programs
Missouri Poverty and Income
Estimates
Department of Social Services
Division of Family
Services Income Maintenance Manual
Missouri Department of Insurance
Missouri Legislature
Missouri Senate
Missouri
County Level Census Data
Missouri Housing Development Commission
Statistics
American
Demographics Magazine
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Census Briefs
Kids Count-Data Book
Missouri
County Level Census Data
Missouri Self Sufficiency Standards
Poverty Guidelines
(Health and Human Services)
U.S.
Census Bureau - Poverty Reports
