Banks Extract Fees On Unemployment Benefits
Across the nation, people receiving a range of state-furnished benefits -- from unemployment insurance and food stamps to cash assistance for poor families -- are facing similar options and reaching the same conclusion. In Oregon, jobless people who apply for unemployment benefits are automatically given their weekly benefits via a U.S. Bank ReliaCard unless they expressly opt out and furnish information about a personal bank account to establish a direct deposit.
Project Connect Sets New Record for Attendance
Now in its fifth year, Project Connect attracted 3,421 guests and more than 600 volunteers. An estimated 170 different services were offered through 150 participating agencies, all of whom gathered at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds’ Hooker Creek Arena for the event.
The Unexamined Society
New York Times article on the psychology of scarcity. Poverty can be a downward spiral, not helped by our own psychology as we are dealing with it. Behavioral research helps us address problems holistically and design effective policies. It’s the last thing that should be facing a slash in financing.
Abortion rates decline overall, increasing in poor
Abortion rates fell among most groups of women between 2000 and 2008, except for those classified as poor, finds an analysis conducted by the nonprofit Guttmacher Institute and published online today in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Teen Pregnancies on the Decline
The teen birth rate declined 8 percent (11 percent in Oregon) between 2007 and 2009, hitting a historic low of 39.1 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a new analysis from the National Center for Health Statistics.
Hungry for Change
Actor Jeff Bridges has made feeding millions of malnourished U.S. kids the heart of his life's work.
Caring for our veterans: A promise left unfulfilled
U.S. Representative Greg Walden wrote a wonderful OpEd piece for the Oregonian that appeared on Friday, January 21, 2011. The Partnership and others have fought hard to get our homeless veterans their due housing vouchers. Rep. Walden, and our 2 Senators, have joined in that fight. And it seems to finally be working.
The Partnership Honors Its Partners at Luncheon Event
The Partnership to End Poverty (The Partnership), today held its annual Power of Partnership luncheon to celebrate the many partners working together to reduce poverty in Central Oregon. The highlight of the event was the recognition given to six specific partners for their work in 2010.
Census: Number of poor may be millions higher
1 in 6 Americans — many of them 65 and older — are struggling in poverty
Oregon's income gap as large as ever, study finds
The incomes of Oregonians have lagged the national average for years, but the gap widened during the recent recession to its biggest point on record, a new report says.
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