Poverty Amid Plenty, the American Paradox: Report, Page 86

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Page 92 - Congress hereby declares that it is the CONTINUING policy AND responsibility of the Federal Government TO USE ALL PRACTICABLE MEANS consistent with its needs and obligations and other essential considerations of national policy WITH THE ASSISTANCE AND COOPERATION OF industry, agriculture, labor, and State and local governments, TO COORDINATE AND UTILIZE ALL ITS PLANS, FUNCTIONS, AND RESOURCES FOR THE PURPOSE...
Page 119 - Ind. Iowa kans. Ky. La. Maine Md. Mass. Mich. Minn. Miss. Mo.
Page 47 - US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of the Assistant Secretary (Planning and Evaluation).
Page 75 - That the Federal Government rapidly expand family planning programs to make information and services available by 1973 on a voluntary basis to all American women who want but cannot afford them.
Page 23 - What does a disabled man, an elderly couple, or a child do to escape poverty? How does a woman with six children survive while she is hunting work or being trained? How does an unskilled, middle-aged laborer adjust to the loss of a job? The simple fact is that most of the poor remain poor because access to income through work is currently beyond their reach.
Page 19 - maintenance of health and social well-being, the nurture of children, and participation in community activities are both desirable and necessary social goals for all families.
Page 47 - The program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children is aimed primarily at families with absent or incapacitated fathers. An Unemployed Father component of this program (AFDC-UF) can provide benefits to households headed by unemployed able-bodied men, but the eligibility requirements are stringent. Only 25 States have chosen to implement this program since its enactment in 1961, and less than 100,000 families are benefiting from it. In 1966 there were 2.6 million poor families headed by nonaged...
Page 48 - Social Insurance Benefits Depend on Earnings Social insurance programs protect workers and their families against the loss of earnings from some of the hazards of industrial life. Each social insurance plan is built around one of several carefully specified risks that have been identified as potential interruptions to earnings. Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance, Unemployment Insurance, Workmen's Compensation, and other forms of social insurance generally pay benefits based on earning levels...
Page 16 - US Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-60, No. 54, "The Extent of Poverty in the United States 1959 to 1966,
Page 16 - The poor family has $108 annually— about $9 a month— to spend on "luxuries": reading matter, recreation, education, gifts and contributions, tobacco, alcohol. But it is likely that this money will be spent on necessities, supplementing the meager food, clothing, and housing allowances. There is no room in the budget for luxuries— or emergencies. Technically, an income at the poverty level should enable families to purchase the bare necessities of life. Yet an itemized budget drawn at that level...

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