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. And every Friday, look for our weekly rundown of the top news stories on women and poverty.
Here’s this week’s news:
• The New York Times profiles a 28-year-old woman running a class that offers advice to low-income teens on avoiding dating violence.
• The Chicago Tribune covers a local group that helps teen mothers avoid poverty.
• The Indianapolis Star, in a story on local health coverage options, cites a clinic that provides free or low-cost mammograms to 2,000 women in the Indianapolis area each year.
• The Omaha World Herald notes that due to lack of funding, less than 30 percent of the 33,000 women eligible for a Nebraska cancer screening program receive services.
• The Anderson Independent Mail reports on a charity sponsoring healthcare services for low-income women.
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The Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity Team
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity is a foundation-led, non-partisan initiative aimed at ensuring that our political leaders take significant actions to reduce poverty and increase opportunity in the United States. We bring together diverse perspectives from the political, policy, advocacy and foundation communities to engage in an ongoing dialogue focused on finding genuine solutions to the economic hardship confronting millions of Americans.