Deep Poverty

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Deep Poverty

Twenty million Americans live in deep poverty. For a single parent raising one child, that translates to a gross family income of less than $7,600 dollars a year. That’s pretty deep.

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Resources & Links

Deep Poverty in the United States (Center for the Study of Social Policy)
Supporting Families in Deep Poverty: CSSP Statement on New Poverty Data (Center for the Study of Social Policy)
The Unwaged War on Deep Poverty (Urban Institute)
Income and Poverty in the United States: 2014 (U.S. Census )