Web Resources

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http://www.acorn.org/
ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is the largest community organization of low and moderate-income families. This site discusses community strategies in the United States and abroad.

http://www.cbpp.org/
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities provides a host of information about current policy and research.

http://www.nccp.org/
The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) is a nonprofit organization at Columbia University whose mission is to identify and promote strategies that prevent child poverty in the United States and that improve the lives of low-income children and families. This Web site contains policy and research information.

http://www.irp.wisc.edu/
This complete and easy to navigate Web site, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin, has links to current research on poverty.

http://www.poverties.org
This easy to understand website helps visualize poverty in many different nations and contexts through the use of charts and concise, well-written text. Its platform is determined to provide important research and information to all who need it.