Web Resources
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- Fair Housing Accessibility First:This government website provides detailed information about the Fair Housing Act, and subsequent amendments, with a focus on providing information to increase compliance with this act.
- National Law Center on Homelessness and Policy: This not-for-profit organization website provides advocacy, information, and publications on homelessness.
- The National Poverty Center: Provides analysis, research, and information about poverty and its impact on individuals and families.
- United States Census Bureau: Provides research and statistics about the numbers of individuals and families in poverty.
- U.S. Census Bureau (2014, October). Coresident grandparents and their grandchildren: 2012. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Commerce.
- U.S. Census Bureau (2014, September). Income and poverty in the United States, 2013.
- United States Department of Health and Human Services: Provides information and research about the poverty line.
- United States Dept. of Housing and Urban Development: Provides research, statistics, articles, and publications on housing related issues and policies.
- Welfare Reform Academy: Provides articles on poverty and other social welfare issues with a focus on alternatives to the poverty line determination while offering solutions and strategies for reform.
- United States Dept. of Health and Human Service, Administration for Children and Families: Provides the text of the TANF Act, together with regulations, publications, and resources relating to poverty and legislation impacting the same.
- Welfare Information Network: Provides information about the history of welfare programs in the United States, practical guidance in applying for welfare, and numerous articles in regard to welfare programs.