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:

• The Washington Times reports on the opening of Planned Parenthood’s controversial new clinic at the intersection of four low-income Hispanic and black neighborhoods in Houston.
•  The Miami Herald discusses how Homestead charity provides strollers, pampers, and emotional support to single moms.
•  An Investors Business Daily profile of Coretta Scott King lauds her work on poverty and other social problems.
•  A low-income Atlanta woman tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that weatherization funds from the stimulus have kept her house warm.

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.

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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:

• The Kansas City Star reports that women are still earning less money than men, even though the recession has caused more layoffs in male-dominated industries (construction and manufacturing) than in those dominated by women (education and health care).

• According to the Associated Press, a government report shows that one in four female teens has been involved in a violent incident at school or work, with a higher proportion of low-income girls being affected.

• The Boston Globe published the findings of a local research firm that concluded that Massachusetts budget cuts over the last decade have hit low-income women especially hard.

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.

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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:

• The New York Times profiles Sheila Salmon, a volunteer at the Women’s Health Project Treatment and Research Center who has helped women like Deborah Dahl recover from abusive relationships and depression.

• Denise Wintz tells the New York Times about her struggle out of poverty after being laid off.

• The Ventura County Star interviews several homeless women, including Christina Smith and Andrea Houchin, who have children living with them in shelters.

 • Isabel Bermudez, who grew up in meager surroundings in a Bronx housing project but earned a six-figure income, now survives solely on food stamps after losing everything to the housing bust, according to the Boston Globe.

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

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.   

For daily updates and links to past articles, check out “Women and Poverty.” It’s a new section of our site with a comprehensive collection of recent news and analysis on women and poverty.   

Along with these daily updates, continue to visit the Washington Area Women’s Foundation for our weekly rundown of the top news stories on women and poverty every Friday.  

Here’s this week’s news: 

•  A House and Senate Appropriations conference committee approved legislation that would allow the District of Columbia to use local tax dollars to help low-income women pay for abortions, according to the Washington Post.
•  The Wall Street Journal highlights the story of Linda Conti, who worries she will have to rely on Social Security since unemployment is forcing her into early retirement.
•  The Washington Post reports that 20 women from a District of Columbia domestic violence shelter were treated to the manicures and other beauty services as a way to help them feel beautiful and confident.
•  Dianne Wells tells the Sarasota Herald Tribune about how she and her teenage daughter are behind in paying rent for the apartment they now live in after a period of homelessness.

To learn more about Spotlight visit http://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

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:

• In a New York Times op-ed, Philip Levine argues that the current debate around abortion coverage by private health plans ignores that a disproportionate share of women who have abortions are too poor to afford insurance anyway.

• The Los Angeles Times highlights the cycle of abuse, neglect, and tragedy experienced by one low-income woman and her six children.

• The New York Times reports on the dramatic reduction of the racial gap in infant deaths in a county in Wisconsin.  Different explanations for local success combating a national problem include better prenatal care for low-income women.

• The Associated Press notes that Latina participation in the Girl Scouts has increased, including in low-income areas suffering from high rates of crime and teen pregnancy.

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

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:

• A New York Times article mentions a study that concludes that adolescent children of low-income single mothers who endured unemployment had an increased chance of dropping out of school and showed declines in emotional well-being.

• The Chicago Tribune profiles Afrika Porter-Ollarvia, a Chicago-area woman who offers “sidewalk counseling sessions” and mentoring to local low-income black and Latino teenage girls.

• The Kansas City Star reports on a donation drive to collect diapers for needy families who cannot purchase them with food stamps or through the WIC program.

• Sonja Taylor tells the New York Times that over-enrollment prevented her from attending community college, which is traditionally an affordable path to higher education for low-income students.

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

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:

• The Miami Herald interviews Andrea Ivory, a cancer survivor who could win $100,000 from CNN for her organization, which helps uninsured and low-income women get mammograms.

• In an opinion article in the News Journal, Susan Reimer discuses a study’s conclusion that women living below the poverty-line or from single parent households are not the only ones who should be concerned about teen pregnancy.

• The New York Times reports the closing of the luxurious Bellevue Natural-Birth Center, which was dedicated to helping its clientele of poor and mostly immigrant women on Medicaid.

• The Des Moines Register published a story about Frances Marks, who may have been dead for nearly a week before being found  in her apartment in a facility that caters to low-income residents.

• After her autistic brother received help from the non-profit “New Alternatives for Children,” 10-year-old Dayzha Torres tells the New York Times that she no longer spends sleepless nights in her subsidized Bronx 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

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

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:

• As noted in the New York Times, 18-year-old Jamal Blair has been charged in the murder of 92-year-old Sadie Mitchell, a beloved woman in her low-income community in the Bronx.

• The Cincinnati Enquirer profiles the achievements of Cathy Franklin, who has turned from a beneficiary to a benefactor, donating to the United Way three years after checking in for social services.

• The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the law firm Troutman Sanders is offering pro-bono work for terminally ill, low-income women.

• Sheri West tells the New York Times how she came to live in a homeless shelter after losing her house to foreclosure.

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.

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