Poverty
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Adventures in Health, Education and Agricultural Development, Inc. - AHEAD - combatting poverty, disease, malnutrition, STD's and teen pregnancy.
Alpha Communities - provides holistic relief to disadvantaged families in Mongolia and China.
AMENCAR - Amparo ao Menor Carente - non-profit organization supporting impoverished children and youth.
American Bar Association Commission on Homelessness & Poverty - devoted to fostering the development of legal pro bono homeless programs and to educating the profession and public to the legal problems of the very poor.
American Public Welfare Association - site offers a guide to human service agencies, events, welfare/Medicaid reform and more.
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) - the country's largest grassroots organization working for the empowerment of low and moderate income people. Major issues include housing, jobs, living wages and banking.
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Campaign to Keep America Warm - working to save the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Center for Community Change - helps poor people to improve their communities, and change policies and institutions that affect their lives.
Center for Public Policy Priorities - non-profit organization devoted to research and advocacy concerning the effects of state and local policies on low- and moderate-income Texas families.
Center for Renewal - seeks to identify, assess, assist and replicate effective social entrepeneurs in the community.
Coalition on Human Needs - alliance of national organizations working together to promote public policies which address the needs of low-income and other vulnerable populations.
Community Service Society of New York, The - focusing its efforts on income maintenance, health care, affordable housing, and education.
Connecticut Association for Human Services - committed to decreasing poverty and inequality through public education, research, advocacy, and policy development.
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Denver Urban Ministries (DenUM) - serving those in poverty with an outreach program providing food, clothing, legal assistance, and job training.
Dress for Success New York - provides career attire to low-income women seeking employment. Accepts donations of used professional clothing items and accessories that are in good condition.
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Ezrat Avot - helping provide support for the poor and elderly of Jerusalem.
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Fremont Public Association - works to achieve a just and caring community free from poverty, prejudice and neglect by providing human services and advocating for policies that increase opportunities for people in need.
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Global Partnerships - seeks to help organizations and social groups worldwide ensure self-sufficiency and sustainable development.
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Jubilee 2000/USA - part of a worldwide movement seeking to cancel the unpayable international debts of the poorest countries.
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Kensington Welfare Rights Union - organization of the poor fighting to end poverty.
Kentucky River Foothills - multi-purpose human service organization working to assist families in need, educate children and adults, promote partnerships that encourage self-sufficiency and improve family life in the community.
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Marin Services Resource Guide - offers information and resources for homeless or low income people. In association with Bay Area Homeless Alliance.
Michigan Community Action Agency Association - association of community action agencies in Michigan.
Michigan Comnet - online community for nonprofit public service agencies concerned with the social and educational needs of children, families and adults who are poor, unemployed, and homeless.
Missouri Association for Social Welfare - news and views about social welfare policy developments in Missouri with opportunities for advocates to be active and engaged in the state legislative and policy making process.
Mountain Projects, Inc. - private, non-profit, human services agency.
Muslim Aid Australia Inc. - international relief and development agency working to alleviate poverty and suffering amongst some of the world's poorest communities.
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National Association of Community Action Agencies - national forum for policy on poverty.
National Clearinghouse for Legal Services - comprehensive research service devoted to poverty law. Site inlcudes information on NCLS publications and services and access to a selection of Clearinghouse materials.
National Community Building Network - alliance of locally driven urban initiatives working to reduce poverty and create social and economic opportunity.
Netaid.org - mission is to use the Internet as a medium of social and economic change to end extreme poverty. Awareness-raising concerts were Webcast on October 9, 1999.
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Ontario Coalition Against Poverty - dedicated to protecting the rights of the poor against powerful interests who seek to lower wages and reduce benefits for the unemployed.
Opportunity Council - a private non-profit community action agency working for positive change in our community in Island, San Juan and Whatcom County.
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Partnerships for Poverty Alleviation in Cebu City Philippines - serving the city's urban poor.
Program for Research on Poverty Alleviation - seeking to define a research agenda on Bangladeshi poverty, fund such research and organize and disseminate the research results.
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Red Social de America Latina y el Caribe - promotes cooperation among social investment funds, institutions, and programs of the Social Network of Latin America and the Caribbean, in the areas of social development and poverty.
ResourceLink - coordinates redistribution of surplus food and products produced by businesses for charitable organizations, including food, apparel, building supplies, and more.
Results - non-profit, grassroots citizen's lobby that identifies sustainable solutions to the problems of hunger and poverty and works to generate the resources necessary to make those solutions succeed.
Results Seattle - works to end hunger and poverty and make the children of the world the highest priority of governments.
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San Diego Women's Bean Project - program of Rachel's Women's Center and Catholic Charities providing low income and homeless women an opportunity to work by producing and selling soups.
Sticky Wicket - self-help economic development concept leading to sustainable economy in depressed communities.
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Wardrobe For Opportunity - nonprofit group that provides clothing to low-income women for transition into the workforce.
West Seattle Helpline - non-profit social service agency providing assistance for residents in need.
Women in Community Service - aims to reduce the number of young women living in poverty by promoting self-reliance and economic independence.
Worker Ownership Resource Center - economic development organization dedicated to empowering disadvantaged people to participate more fully in their local economies through the creation of business enterprises.