amount needed to cover a person's or family's food, shelter, clothing, health care and transportation. For a family of four, that amount has been designated at $20,614. Families, many of whom work, are struggling to hang on, forced to make hard choices between hunger, housing and health care. 17 million Americans are living in extreme poverty, that is, with incomes below half the poverty line. In addition one-third of working families in the United States are now considered low-income, earning less than twice the official poverty threshold. In 2009, 45 million people, including 22 million children, lived in low -income working families. It is time to end poverty in America once and for all. Times are hard for many with the stagnant economy and high unemployment. As Catholics, we are called to help the poor; Jesus always showed preference to the poor. Here at St. Paul, we have become very active in supporting the homeless and poor of Akron through our monthly dinners at the Peter Maurin Center and our blanket donation box in the narthex. For more ideas go to www.povertyusa.org to see how you can become involved in helping to eliminate poverty in America today.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
January is Poverty Awareness Month
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) has designated January as "Poverty in America Awareness Month." Today 43.6 million people -- and 1 in 6 children -- are living below the poverty line. The poverty line is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as the minimum 
amount needed to cover a person's or family's food, shelter, clothing, health care and transportation. For a family of four, that amount has been designated at $20,614. Families, many of whom work, are struggling to hang on, forced to make hard choices between hunger, housing and health care. 17 million Americans are living in extreme poverty, that is, with incomes below half the poverty line. In addition one-third of working families in the United States are now considered low-income, earning less than twice the official poverty threshold. In 2009, 45 million people, including 22 million children, lived in low -income working families. It is time to end poverty in America once and for all. Times are hard for many with the stagnant economy and high unemployment. As Catholics, we are called to help the poor; Jesus always showed preference to the poor. Here at St. Paul, we have become very active in supporting the homeless and poor of Akron through our monthly dinners at the Peter Maurin Center and our blanket donation box in the narthex. For more ideas go to www.povertyusa.org to see how you can become involved in helping to eliminate poverty in America today.
amount needed to cover a person's or family's food, shelter, clothing, health care and transportation. For a family of four, that amount has been designated at $20,614. Families, many of whom work, are struggling to hang on, forced to make hard choices between hunger, housing and health care. 17 million Americans are living in extreme poverty, that is, with incomes below half the poverty line. In addition one-third of working families in the United States are now considered low-income, earning less than twice the official poverty threshold. In 2009, 45 million people, including 22 million children, lived in low -income working families. It is time to end poverty in America once and for all. Times are hard for many with the stagnant economy and high unemployment. As Catholics, we are called to help the poor; Jesus always showed preference to the poor. Here at St. Paul, we have become very active in supporting the homeless and poor of Akron through our monthly dinners at the Peter Maurin Center and our blanket donation box in the narthex. For more ideas go to www.povertyusa.org to see how you can become involved in helping to eliminate poverty in America today.
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