by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
May 26th, 2011 It’s time to celebrate! We just wrapped up our second year of the Blueprints College Access Initiativeat high schools in Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Marion and Montevallo. Blueprints creates a college-positive culture and increases college access by...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
May 13th, 2011 Yesterday, we volunteered in Concord through Hands on Birmingham. We arrived at 9:30 a.m. to an already filled parking lot at Faith Chapel Christian Center. About fifty people boarded a pair of MAX transit buses and rode out to the site. Laura, a...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
May 3rd, 2011 BIRMINGHAM – 36 of the 42 Alabama counties that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has declared eligible for individual disaster assistance have poverty rates higher than the national average. “Natural disasters hit high poverty communities...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
April 28th, 2011 last updated at 11 a.m. Tuesday 6/14/11. Please send corrections or additions to Stuart Norman, snorman@alabamapoverty.org. In the wake of the devastating storms of April 27, 238 Alabamians are confirmed dead, at least 1700 injured, and hundreds more...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
April 27th, 2011 Is your Mom great? Then she deserves a great gift! Show her you love her this Mother’s Day and support our work when you give her the gift of Pie. We’re partnering with the folks at Pie Lab in Hale County to bring their delicious, unique scratch-made...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
March 23rd, 2011 WHO: Students and families at Francis Marion High School WHAT: Help filling out FAFSA forms and information on ACT test preparation WHERE: Lottie’s Restaurant 207 Washington Street Marion, AL 36756 DATE: Thursday, March 31, 2011 TIME: 6 – 7:30 p.m....
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
March 11th, 2011 BIRMINGHAM – The Alabama Poverty Project (APP) last week was named the Outstanding Community Partner for their contributions to service-learning during the 9th Annual Gulf-South Summit on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Through Higher Education,...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
March 8th, 2011 This International Women’s Day, we’re highlighting our resources and research on women in poverty. Did you know: In Alabama, nearly half of female-headed households with children live in poverty – Alabama Poverty Project 2010 Datasheet Women earn only...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
March 3rd, 2011 25.2 percent of respondents in Alabama in 2010 reported not having enough money to buy food that they or their family needed at some point during the prior twelve months, according to a report today released by the Food Research and Action Center...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
February 17th, 2011 We talk a lot about reciprocal, relationship-based service as a way to increase educational attainment and fight poverty. Our Higher Education Alliance does this through service-learning with local schools, our faith partners do it through...