Articles tagged as: poverty
December 9, 2021
If child tax credit payments end, 175K Hoosier kids at risk of slipping back, deeper into poverty
Roughly 175,000 Hoosier children under the age of 18 are at risk of slipping back into poverty or deeper into poverty if the expanded federal child tax credit ends after December.
Read MoreMarch 16, 2021
Grant County Organizations Create Loan Program To Replace Emergency Payday Loans
The "Bridge the Gap" loan program works to create better financial literacy and help pull residents out of poverty.
Read MoreOctober 30, 2020
How One Indianapolis Neighborhood Is Looking For And Finding Solutions To Inequity, Poverty And Violence
Indianapolis's Far Eastside has dealt with years of social disadvantage. Now the pandemic magnifies those inequities, and all of that can fuel violent crime.
Read MoreSeptember 16, 2020
Researchers Say Without Government Stimulus, Poverty Is Back On The Rise
Economists at three universities, including Notre Dame, closely follow federal data on household income each month and update their findings online.
Read MoreNovember 21, 2019
Lilly Endowment Launches $50M Grant Initiative To Reduce Local Poverty
Endowment leaders said they developed the initiative after U.S. Census data showed nearly 20 percent of Marion County residents are facing poverty.
Read MoreOctober 4, 2018
Current and Former Indy Mayors Meet to Discuss Poverty
CEO of the IndyChamber Michael Huber says there are two realities in Indianapolis. One is a growing economy, the second is a reality of economic limitations.
Read MoreSeptember 5, 2018
United Way Of Central Indiana To Tweak Funding For Partners
Under a new model that will be phased in over two years, United Way will accredit organizations, which can then apply for funding based on United Way's poverty-fighting goals.
Read MoreMay 15, 2018
Indianapolis Police Arrest Protesters Blocking Traffic
Police made scores of similar arrests in Missouri, North Carolina and Washington, D.C.
Read MoreNovember 9, 2017
A Conversation With Sociologist and Author Matthew Desmond
Matthew Desmond is a sociologist and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.
Read MoreOctober 24, 2017
Indiana Minority Children More Likely To Face Obstacles
The Race For Results report finds many Indiana children face disparity in wellbeing measures.
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