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State Commission to Meet, and You’re Invited

June 22nd, 2010 The State Commission to Reduce Poverty is set to meet Thursday June 24, 2010, at 11 AM, at the YWCA Interfaith Hospitality House, 5916 First Avenue South, Birmingham. The commission’s agenda includes a discussion of how to engage those living in...

Over 1 in 10 Alabama children live in extreme poverty

June 16th, 2010 The Southern Education Foundation released a report yesterday entitled The Worst of Times: Children in Extreme Poverty in the South and Nation. The report’s findings include: 15.6 percent of children in rural Alabama counties live in extreme poverty...