The Realities of Poverty in Delaware 2003 - 2004


 


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  Cover
  Acknowledgments, Contents
  Summary of Articles
Section One Poverty and the Most Vulnerable
  The Confluence of Poverty and Disability
Dan Atkins and Christie Guisti
  Children in Poverty in Delaware
Terry Schooley
  TABLE: Delaware and the US
  The Economic Status of Single Mothers in Delaware
Christen Brownell
  The Elderly and Consumer Fraud
Deborah Gottschalk
  CHART: US Voter Registration and Participation by Annual Income
  Race, Poverty and the Breaking of the Social Contract
Ivory Copeland
  Another Kind of Poverty: Immigrants
Clémence Overall
  CHART: Increase in Demand for Emergency Food in U.S. Cities
Section Two Poverty's Impact
  Food Security
Karen Curtis
  Table: Does Work Pay Enough?
A Monthly Analysis of Poverty Despite Work in Delaware
  Deafening Silence
Jocelyn Taliaferro
  CHART: 10 States with Highest Black Incarceration Rates
  The Need for Criminal Justice Reform
Ellen Wasfi
  Unmet Needs of the Poor: Health Care Coverage
Alice Brandreth
  Predatory Lending
Rashmi Rangan
  The Concentration of Poverty: Wilmington, Delaware
Cara Armbrister
  Payday Lenders
Marlena Melhunek
Section Three Shelter and Poverty
  Residential Segregation Persists
Leland Ware
  The Rock of Poverty and the Hard Place of Rural Housing
Karen Speakman
  The Housing Wage
Marlena Melhunek
  Organizing for Change in Affordable Housing
Tina Riley
  The Persistence of Homelessness and the Invisible Homeless
Steven W. Peuquet
  CHARTS: Poverty-Level Wages and Rental Affordability
  The Right to Housing
Gina Miserendino
  TABLES: Poverty by Race and County in Delaware
Section Four Poverty and Nonprofit Mission
  The Impact of Welfare Reform on Nonprofits in Delaware
Karen A. Curtis and Ivory Copeland
  CHARTS: Income Inequality in Delaware and the U.S.
  The Nonprofit Provision of Housing for the Poor
Joe L. Myer
  Decision Making in Impoverished Communities
Terri Hasson
  Turning the Wheel of Liberation
Ken Smith
Section Five Recommendations
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