by Alabama Possible | Aug 22, 2017 | Cash for College, College Success, data, datasheet, poverty
by Felicia Stewart I have a glass-half-full perspective on things, so I was encouraged to see that Alabama had climbed up from the fourth to the sixth poorest state in the nation on the latest Alabama Poverty Data Sheet. While we should appreciate that tiny step, we...
by Alabama Possible | Dec 9, 2016 | data, datasheet, food security, poverty
The holidays bring out generosity of all sorts, including meeting our neighbors’ immediate needs by donating to holiday food drives. Donated food helps feed the more than 900,000 Alabamians, including 300,000 children, who are food insecure and at risk of...
by Alabama Possible | Oct 22, 2016 | data, datasheet, Jobs, poverty
By Senator Arthur Orr According to the 2016 Alabama Poverty Data Sheet, nearly 300,000 Alabama children live in poverty. This statistic is eye-opening and highlights the need to intervene and interrupt the poverty cycle in the lives of Alabama’s children. How do we...
by Alabama Possible | Jun 13, 2016 | data, datasheet, poverty, Uncategorized
Alabama Possible’s 2016 Alabama Poverty Data Sheet highlights statewide poverty rates and data related to educational attainment, employment, and food security. The 2016 Data Sheet reveals that 19.2 percent of Alabamians, or more than 900,000 people, live below the...
