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    The Community Action Network is comprised of over 1,000 agencies across the country focused on fighting poverty for over 50 years. New data from the Census Bureau shows a decrease in poverty, with 3.5 million fewer people in poverty and 90.9% of people having health insurance. However, the supplemental poverty measure indicates that 45.7 million people still experienced poverty. Programs like SNAP, EITC, and LIHEAP are helping families succeed by keeping millions out of poverty. Community Action agencies will use this new data to benchmark their communities and guide innovative strategies to help struggling families. While the data shows progress, there is still work to be done to address the causes and conditions of poverty.

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    The Community Action Network is comprised of over 1,000 agencies across the country focused on fighting poverty for over 50 years. New data from the Census Bureau shows a decrease in poverty, with 3.5 million fewer people in poverty and 90.9% of people having health insurance. However, the supplemental poverty measure indicates that 45.7 million people still experienced poverty. Programs like SNAP, EITC, and LIHEAP are helping families succeed by keeping millions out of poverty. Community Action agencies will use this new data to benchmark their communities and guide innovative strategies to help struggling families. While the data shows progress, there is still work to be done to address the causes and conditions of poverty.

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    The Community Action Network is comprised of over 1,000 agencies across the country focused on fighting poverty for over 50 years. New data from the Census Bureau shows a decrease in poverty, with 3.5 million fewer people in poverty and 90.9% of people having health insurance. However, the supplemental poverty measure indicates that 45.7 million people still experienced poverty. Programs like SNAP, EITC, and LIHEAP are helping families succeed by keeping millions out of poverty. Community Action agencies will use this new data to benchmark their communities and guide innovative strategies to help struggling families. While the data shows progress, there is still work to be done to address the causes and conditions of poverty.

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    CCAP - Statement On Income and Poverty Data - 2016

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    U.S.

    CENSUS DEPARTMENT RELEASES INCOME AND POVERTY DATA


    Statement by Denise Harlow, CCAP, Community Action Partnership CEO
    September 13, 2016
    The Community Action Network is comprised of more than 1,000 agencies across the country. Theyre focused on
    fighting poverty, improving communities, and striving to make America a better place to live, a mission theyve
    maintained for more than 50 years. With the flexibility to provide services based on community need, representation of
    local low-income residents on the governing board, and the support of a nationwide infrastructure, Community Action is
    strategically addressing the causes and conditions of poverty across the nation.
    This weeks Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage data released by the Census Bureau reveals a significant
    decrease in the number of individuals experiencing poverty. In 2015, there were 43.1 million people living in poverty, 3.5
    million fewer people having to make difficult choices with their limited income. Additionally, 90.9 percent of people had
    health insurance for all or part of 2015. These changes are positive and reflect millions of families who have incomes
    above the federal poverty line, but they do no tell a complete story. In contrast, the supplemental poverty measure,
    offers a more inclusive definition of a household, utilizes more current measures of expenditures, integrates geographic
    differences in cost of living, and accounts for both noncash benefits received and expenses paid.
    The 2015 supplemental poverty measure indicates that 45.7 million people experienced poverty. Anti-poverty policies,
    such as housing subsidies, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Low Income Energy Assistance
    Program (LIHEAP), and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), to name a few, are helping families succeed. If EITC was not
    included as a resources when calculating this rate, 9.2 million more individuals would have fallen into poverty. If SNAP
    benefits were not incorporated, 4.6 million additional people would have been added to the poverty numbers. Programs
    included in the supplemental poverty measure as well as the Community Action Network itself, has indeed made
    significant improvements among the low-income, impoverished, and vulnerable communities in our nation. As our
    country has grown and changed, the issues facing our families and communities have as well. Community Action is
    embracing new models to ensure self-sufficiency among our families and revitalization to our communities. Agencies are
    devoted to bundling their service delivery and utilizing a two-generation approach to ensure that families receive a
    holistic set of services and strategies to succeed in their communities.
    With this latest data release, Community Action Agencies nationwide will supplement these poverty statistics with firsthand experiences of the families they serve in almost every county in the nation. These agencies understand the needs
    of their community - they conduct surveys, interviews, and focus groups every three years to compile a comprehensive
    community needs assessment to guide their strategy. The 2015 data released by the Census Bureau will help agencies
    benchmark their community against others in their state. It will alert them to new factors influencing poverty that will
    require innovative service delivery strategies. Having this data to supplement local experience makes Community Action
    staff and board members powerful advocates for struggling families.
    There is much still to do. The economic underpinnings of todays global community poses many challenges. The official
    poverty threshold upon which the statistics noted here are based is so low that many families not officially in poverty
    struggle every day to pay for housing, transportation, food, and energy. Yet, It is encouraging that the official poverty
    measure decreased significantly and that more and more Americans are covered by health insurance. It is even more
    encouraging that as the Supplemental Poverty Measure indicates, supports provided to low-income families to meet
    basic needs, do make a difference. Yet there is still work to be done. We must continue to invest in addressing the
    causes and conditions of poverty as we strive to make America a better place to live for the entire community.

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