The latest news, analysis and opinion on the state of low-income women and their families from Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, a national foundation-led initiative, is excited to collaborate with The Women’s Foundation to bring you the latest news and analysis on women and poverty. Spotlight is the go-to site for news and ideas about fighting poverty.
Here’s this week’s news:
• Nicole Clark, who ran away from her group home at age 14, tells the New York Times that she exchanged sex for shelter in order to escape a life on the streets.
• The New York Times celebrates actress Terri White’s return to the Broadway stage after an eviction left her homeless and sleeping in Washington Square Park for several months.
• Once homeless and an addict, Tinamarie Polverari is one of several female veterans who is rebuilding her life at Jackie K’s House, according to the Boston Globe.
• Dorothy Burns, 63, was one of many people in her low-income area who received a free smoke detector battery from her local fire station, as reported in the Columbus Dispatch.
• After spending several years in a nursing home recovering from disease that financially ruined her, Barbara Moore happily proclaimed to the Columbus Dispatch that she now has her own one-bedroom subsidized apartment.
For daily updates and links to past articles, check out “Women and Poverty.” It’s a new section of the Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity site with a comprehensive collection of recent news and analysis on women and poverty.
Along with these daily updates, continue to visit Washington Area Women’s Foundation for our weekly rundown of the top news stories on women and poverty every Friday.
To learn more about Spotlight visit www.spotlightonpoverty.org
To sign up for our weekly updates with the latest news, opinion and research from around the country, click here.
The Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity team