Poverty Websites

These websites will help you research the poverty topic!

General

• National Center for Policy Analysis: http://www.ncpa.org/
• The Heritage Foundation: http://www.heritage.org/
• CATO Institute: http://www.cato.org/
• The Brookings Institute: http://www.brookings.org/
• The Fraser Institute: http://www.fraserinstitute.org/
• American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research: http://www.aei.org/
• Institute for Research on Poverty: http://www.irp.wisc.edu/dispatch/
• Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity: http://www.spotlightonpoverty.org/
• Economic Mobility Project: http://www.economicmobility.org/
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2009 Poverty Guidelines: http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/09poverty.shtml
• National Center for Children in Poverty: http://www.nccp.org/

Veterans

• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: http://www.va.gov/
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Veterans Benefits Administration Home): http://www.vba.va.gov/VBA/
• National Coalition for Homeless Veterans: http://www.nchv.org/
• Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans: http://www.helpaveteran.org/
• Disabled American Veterans: http://www.dav.org/

Welfare

• U.S. Department of Labor (Employee Benefits Security Administration): http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (Food and Nutrition Service): http://www.fns.usda.gov/FSP/
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Administration for Children and Families: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/

Legal Services

• Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009: http://www.brennancenter.org/page/-/Justice/Civil%20Access%20to%20Justice%20Act.pdf
• Legal Services Corporation: http://www.lsc.gov/
• American Bar Association: http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/
• American Bar Foundation: http://www.americanbarfoundation.org/research/project/21
• Texas Access to Justice Commission: http://www.texasatj.org/
• Campaign for Justice: http://www.campaignforjustice.org/

Abortion

• Kaiser Family Foundation: http://www.kff.org/
• Center for Reproductive Rights: http://www.reproductiverights.org/
• Guttmacher Institute: http://www.guttmacher.org/
• National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws: http://www.naral.org/
• National Organization for Women: http://www.now.org/
• United Nations Population Fund: http://www.unfpa.org/

Community Based Mental Health Centers

• Michigan Health and Hospital Association: http://www.mha.org/
• National Association of Mental Health Planning and Advisory Councils: http://www.namhpac.org/
• National Institute of Mental Health: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
• National Alliance on Mental Illness: http://www.nami.org/
• World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/mental_health/en/

Homelessness

• Interagency Council on Homelessness: http://www.ich.gov/
• Urban Institute: http://www.urban.org/
• National Center for the Homeless: http://www.nationalhomeless.org/
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (Homes & Communities): http://www.hud.gov/homeless/index.cfm
• National Alliance to End Homelessness: http://www.endhomelessness.org/

Medicaid

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/home/medicaid.asp
• State Coverage Initiatives: http://www.statecoverage.org/coverage
• The Institute for Southern Studies: http://www.southernstudies.org/

Early Childhood Education

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Administration for Children and Families): http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ohs/
• National Institute for Early Education Research: http://nieer.org/
• Child Care and Early Education Research Connections: http://www.childcareresearch.org/discover/index.jsp
• Early Childhood Research and Practice: http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/
• Children's Defense Fund: http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/child-poverty.html

Transportation

• Center for Community Change: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45/304.html

Immigration

• The Heritage Foundation: http://www.heritage.org/research/immigration/sr9.cfm
• Center for Immigration Studies: http://www.cis.org/articles/2001/mexico/toc.html
• Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity: http://www.spotlightonpoverty.org/immigration_and_poverty.aspx
• National Immigration Forum: http://www.immigrationforum.org/research/economy