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“Classism in the Stacks: Libraries and Poor People”
Sanford Berman, Street Spirit (February 2006)
www.thestreetspirit.org/Feb2006/libraries.htm
“Hunger and Homelessness Survey: A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in America’s Cities”
(Dec. 2008) – U.S. Conference of Mayors / Sodexho USA (PDF)
http://usmayors.org/pressreleases/documents/hungerhomelessnessreport_121208.pdf
“Low-Income Working Families: Facts and Figures”
The Urban Institute
www.urban.org/publications/900832.html
2-1-1 / Community Services Referral
United Way / Alliance of Information & Referral Services (AIRS)
www.211.org
America’s Literacy Directory
National Institute for Literacy (and others)
www.literacydirectory.org
Child Care Aware
National Assoc. of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
www.childcareaware.org/en/
Community Health Center Locator
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://ask.hrsa.gov/pc/
Community Voice Mail
www.cvm.org
Discount Phone Service: Lifeline and Link-Up
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
www.lifeline.gov/lifeline_Consumers.html
Eldercare Locator
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
www.eldercare.gov/Eldercare.NET/Public/Home.aspx
Finding Low-Cost Health Care 101
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
www.omhrc.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=2&lvlID=18
FindLegalHelp.org
American Bar Association
www.findlegalhelp.org
FirstStep / Federal Benefit Programs for Homeless People
www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/firststep/index.html
Food Bank Locator
Feeding America
http://feedingamerica.org/foodbank-results.aspx
Food Stamp Program Locator
U.S. Department of Agriculture
www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/outreach/map.htm
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Programs
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
www.liheap.ncat.org/links.htm
Low-Rent Apartment Search (Section 8 Housing)
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
www.hud.gov/apps/section8/index.cfm
Mental Health Services Locator
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/databases/default.asp
National Call Center for Homeless Veterans
www1.va.gov/HOMELESS/NationalCallCenter.asp
1-877-4AID VET (1-877-424-3838)
SafeLink Wireless
www.safelinkwireless.com
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
www.findtreatment.samhsa.gov
An Atlas of Poverty in America: One Nation, Pulling Apart / 1960-2003
Amy Glasmeier, Poverty in America Project (New York: Routledge, 2005)
Citizen Hobo: How a Century of Homelessness Shaped America
Todd DePastino (Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2003)
Down & Out, on the Road: The Homeless in American History
Kenneth L. Kusmer (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2001)
Encyclopedia of Homelessness
David Levinson, ed. (London: Sage Publications, 2004)
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Barbara Ehrenreich (New York: Owl Books, 2002)
No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City
Katherine S. Newman (New York: Vintage, 2000)
Poor People
William T. Vollmann (New York: Ecco, 2007)
Poverty and Inequality
David B. Grusky and Ravi Kanbur, eds. (Palo Alto, Calif.: Stanford Univ. Press, 2006)
Poverty in America: A Handbook
John Iceland (Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 2003)
Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America
Jonathan Kozol (New York: Three Rivers Press, 2006)
see also—Resources / Library Services for Poor People
www.hhptf.org/resources/#library-services-for-poor-people
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities of Our Time
Jeffrey Sachs (New York: The Penguin Press, 2005)
The Right to the City: Social Justice and the Fight for Public Space
Don Mitchell (New York: The Guilford Press, 2003)
The Working Poor: Invisible in America
David K. Shipler (New York: Knopf, 2004)
Too Much: Good Reads
www.toomuchonline.org/goodreads.html
50-State Policies Database
National Center for Children in Poverty
This database provides information about state and federal policies that assist low-income families and children.
http://nccp.org/tools/policy
Directory of Pro Bono Children’s Law Programs (PDF)
American Bar Association
http://tinyurl.com/oep5l
Family Economic Success
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
www.aecf.org/Home/MajorInitiatives/FamilyEconomicSuccess.aspx
Low-Income Working Families
The Urban Institute
www.urban.org/toolkit/issues/workingfamilies.cfm
MDRC / Families & Children
www.mdrc.org/area_index_2.html
Publications from The Annie E. Casey Foundation
This site offers several categories of free reports that address the needs of low-income families and communities.
www.aecf.org/OrderPublications.aspx
“Twenty State Policies to Create Bright Futures for America’s Children, Families and Communities”
Center for the Study of Social Policy (2008)
www.policymatters.us/fullreport.html
Working Poor Families Project
The Annie E. Casey Foundation and others
www.workingpoorfamilies.org
2009 Advocates’ Guide to Housing and Community Development Policy (pdf)
National Low Income Housing Coalition
http://www.nlihc.org/doc/AdvocacyGuide2009-web.pdf
Community Action Partnership: America’s Poverty Fighting Network
www.communityactionpartnership.com
HHS Compassion Capital Fund Guidebooks
www.ich.gov/guidebooks.htm
Libraries Build Communities
http://librariesbuildcommunities.org
MDRC / Workers & Communities
www.mdrc.org/area_index_3.html
Shelterforce
National Housing Institute
www.nhi.org/online
The Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change
http://tinyurl.com/zkpvo
The Citizen’s Handbook: A Guide to Building Community
Charles Dobson, Vancouver Citizen’s Committee
www.vcn.bc.ca/citizens-handbook
The Engaged Library: Chicago Stories of Community Building (PDF)
Urban Libraries Council (Feb. 2006)
http://urbanlibraries.org/associations/9851/files/ULC_PFSC_Engaged_0206.pdf
The Finance Project: Information Resource Center
www.financeproject.org/irc.asp
Acquiring Public Grants (PDF)
Compassion Capital Fund National Resource Center
www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/ccf/about_ccf/gbk_pdf/ga_gbk.pdf
ALA Grants & Fellowships
www.ala.org/ala/awardsgrants/grants/index.cfm
Foundation Center
http://fdncenter.org
Global Libraries Program
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
www.gatesfoundation.org/topics/Pages/libraries.aspx
Grants for Libraries: A How-To-Do-It Manual and CD-ROM for Librarians
Stephanie Gerding and Pamela MacKellar (New York: Neal-Schuman, 2006)
www.neal-schuman.com/bdetail.php?isbn=1555705359
Grants for Nonprofits: Libraries
Michigan State University Libraries
www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/2lib.htm
Grants.gov
www.grants.gov
Guidelines for Grant Seekers
The Ford Foundation
www.fordfound.org/grants/inquiry
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Grants
www.imls.gov/applicants/applicants.shtm
Library Grants (blog)
Stephanie Gerding & Pam MacKellar
http://librarygrants.blogspot.com
NPC Research Grants
National Poverty Center, Univ. of Michigan
www.npc.umich.edu/opportunities/research_grants
Pathways Out of Poverty
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
http://mott.org/Home/about/programs/pathwaysoutofpoverty.aspx
Center for Law and Social Policy
www.clasp.org
Clearinghouse Review
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
www.povertylaw.org/clearinghouse-review
“Facts About Street Rights” (PDF)
Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
www.nationalhomeless.org/publications/crimreport/Street_Rights_Card.pdf
Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy
Georgetown University
www.law.georgetown.edu/journals/poverty
GovTrack.us
www.govtrack.us
“Homes Not Handcuffs: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities”
Nat’l Coalition for the Homeless / Nat’l Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
www.nationalhomeless.org/publications/crimreport/index.html
LLSDC’s Legislative Source Book
Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, D.C. Inc.
www.llsdc.org/sourcebook
National Priorities Project
www.nationalpriorities.org
Poverty Law Library
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
www.povertylaw.org/poverty-law-library
Poverty Law News
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
www.povertylaw.org/news-and-events/poverty-law-news
Poverty Law Research Guide
Georgetown University Law Library
www.ll.georgetown.edu/guides/poverty.cfm
Public Agenda: Poverty and Welfare
www.publicagenda.org/citizen/issueguides/poverty-and-welfare
see also—Resources / Children & Families
www.hhptf.org/resources/#children-and-families
“The Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness”
National Alliance to End Homelessness
www.endhomelessness.org/section/tools/tenyearplan
The Urban Institute: Issues
www.urban.org/issues/index.cfm
Thomas: U.S. Congress on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov
“A Long Struggle to Force Libraries to Serve the Poor” (PDF)
Sanford Berman, Street Spirit (January 2001)
http://www.sanfordberman.org/biblinks/poor.pdf
“Access for All” Self-Assessment Toolkit
The Museum, Libraries and Archives Council, UK
http://mla.decenturl.com/access-for-all
ALA Policy 61 – Library Services for the Poor
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/governance/policymanual/servicespoor.cfm
ALA Policy 61 / Recommendations for Action
http://hhptf.org/article/12
“Bibliography on Library Services to Poor People”
Ariel W. Collins, University of Alberta (2002)
www.slis.ualberta.ca/cap03/ariel/home.html
Bookmobile and Outreach Services
Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship
http://jupiter.clarion.edu/~csrl/bos.htm
“Breaking Barriers: Libraries and Socially Excluded Communities” (PDF)
Annette DeFaveri, Information for Social Change (No. 21, Summer 2005)
http://libr.org/isc/articles/21/9.pdf
From Outreach to Equity: Innovative Models of Library Policy and Practice
Robin Osborne, ed. (Chicago: ALA, 2004)
“Homeless People in the Library: Legal Issues”
Mary Minow, Infopeople (September 27, 2005)
www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/119/index.html
“Homeless Perspectives of the Public Library” (PDF)
Aisha A. Harvey, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (July 2002)
http://ils.unc.edu/MSpapers/2777.pdf
“Homelessness in Eastern King County: Information Flow, Human Service Needs, and Pivotal Interventions” (PDF)
SJ Alexander, et al. (August 26, 2005)
http://ibec.ischool.washington.edu/pubs/UWKC.main.report.pdf
“Just a Little Understanding: A Social-Service Provider’s Perspective on Homeless Library Users”
John Gehner and Kali Freeman (Sept. 19, 2005)
www.hhptf.org/article/5
“Libraries and the Homeless: Caregivers or Enforcers”
Judi Silver, The Katharine Sharp Review (No. 2, Winter 1996)
Libraries to the People: Histories of Outreach
Robert S. Freeman and David M. Hovde, eds. (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland and Co., 2003)
Literacy and Social Inclusion: The Handbook
National Literacy Trust and The Basic Skills Agency
www.literacytrust.org.uk/socialinclusion/handbook.html
Literacy in Libraries Across America Initiative
MDRC / National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
www.mdrc.org/project_32_22.html
“One Day I Will Make It”
MDRC / National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
www.mdrc.org/publications/401/execsum.html
Outreach to People Experiencing Homelessness Curriculum
National Health Care for the Homeless Council
www.nhchc.org/outreach1.html
Poor People and Library Services
Karen M. Venturella, ed. (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland and Co., 1998)
see also—Resources / Social Exclusion
www.hhptf.org/resources/#social-exclusion
“The Shelter of the Library”
Michael McGrorty, Library Dust (Nov. 29, 2004)
http://librarydust.typepad.com/library_dust/2004/11/the_shelter_of_.html
Welcome to Your Library (UK)
London Libraries Development Agency
www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk
“Working Effectively in the Community” (PDF)
National Health Care for the Homeless Council
http://tinyurl.com/kl68f
Working Together Project (Canada)
Funded by Human Resources and Social Development Canada
www.librariesincommunities.ca
Counterpoise
www.counterpoise.info
Dollars and Sense: The Magazine of Economic Justice
www.dollarsandsense.org
Focus
Institute for Research on Poverty, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/focus.htm
Information for Social Change
www.libr.org/ISC/
Mother Warriors Voice
Welfare Warriors
http://welfarewarriors.org/CURRENT_MWV.htm
NEED Magazine
www.needmagazine.com
North American Street Newspaper Association
www.nasna.org
Poor Magazine Online / Poor News Network
www.poormagazine.com
Poverty Action Report / WomanView
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
www.povertylaw.org/news-and-events
Poverty Dispatches (via e-mail)
Institute for Research on Poverty, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
www.irp.wisc.edu/initiatives/outreach/dispatch.htm
Poverty Magazine (UK)
Child Poverty Action Group
www.cpag.org.uk/info/povertyarticleshome.htm
Progressive Librarian
http://libr.org/pl/
Real Change
www.realchangenews.org
Street News Service
www.streetnewsservice.org
Street Roots
www.streetroots.org
Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
www.toomuchonline.org
“Words on the Street: Homeless People’s Newspapers”
Chris Dodge, American Libraries (August 1999)
www.geocities.com/soho/cafe/7423/streetpapers.html
A Librarian at the Kitchen Table (Kathleen de la Pena McCook)
http://librarianoutreach.blogspot.com
“A Resident of Nowhere” (PDF)
Ed Loring, Sojourners (March 1987)
http://tinyurl.com/z9mky
Barbara’s Blog (Barbara Ehrenreich)
http://ehrenreich.blogs.com/barbaras_blog/
Every Success Story Is a Great Story
National Health Care for the Homeless Council
www.nhchc.org/SuccessStories.html
“Fighting Poverty in America Series”
National Public Radio (2006)
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5317290
“Hard Work, Hard Times Series”
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2005)
“How a Regular Guy Gets Homeless”
Les Gapay, USA Today (September 22, 2003)
www.commondreams.org/views03/0922-12.htm
“If You’re Young, Black, and Poor, a Library Offers Hope”
Miles M. Jackson, The Honolulu Advertiser (March 10, 2002)
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2002/Mar/10/op/op07a.html
“Over 100 Stories of Homeless and Formerly Homeless Human Beings”
Urban Anthropology Inc.
www.urban-anthropology.org/homeless_study.html
Seattle University’s Tent City
http://www.seattleu.edu/tentcity/
see also—Resources / Periodicals
www.hhptf.org/resources/#periodicals
“Shame of the City: A Special Report on the Homeless”
Kevin Fagan and Brant Ward, San Francisco Chronicle (Dec. 2003)
http://sfgate.com/gate/special/pages/2003/homeless/
The Forgotten Americans
Hector Galan, KLRU and PBS Online (December 2000)
www.pbs.org/klru/forgottenamericans
The Homeless Guy (Kevin Barbieux)
http://thehomelessguy.blogspot.com
Data Tools
National Center for Children in Poverty
This page offers a Basic Needs Calculator, Family Resource Simulator, Income Converter, and other research tools.
http://nccp.org/tools
Homelessness: A Pollak Library Research Guide
California State University Fullerton
http://guides.library.fullerton.edu/Homelessness/
Links to Other Resources
National Low Income Housing Coalition
www.nlihc.org/template/page.cfm?id=54
Poverty in America Bibliography
Hartwick College
http://www.hartwick.edu/x2197.xml
Poverty-Related Links by Category
Institute for Research on Poverty, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
www.irp.wisc.edu/links/category.htm
Poverty-Related Links by Institution
Institute for Research on Poverty, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
www.irp.wisc.edu/links/institution.htm
Poverty: A Pollak Library Research Guide
California State University Fullerton
http://guides.library.fullerton.edu/poverty/
see also—Resources / Statistics
www.hhptf.org/resources/#statistics
Context for Social Exclusion Work
Social Exclusion Task Force, Cabinet Office (UK)
www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/context.aspx
“Libraries and Community Cohesion” (PDF)
John Vincent, Museums, Libraries and Archives South East, UK (April 2005)
http://seapn.decenturl.com/libraries-and-cohesion
Literacy and Social Inclusion Project
National Literacy Trust and The Basic Skills Agency
www.literacytrust.org.uk/socialinclusion/index.html
“Making a Difference: Innovation and Diversity”
Social Inclusion Executive Advisory Group to CILIP, UK (Sept. 2004)
http://cilip.decenturl.com/making-a-difference
“Open to All? / Public Library Policy and Social Exclusion”(doc)
The Network
http://seapn.decenturl.com/open-to-all (doc)
see also—Organizations / Social Exclusion
www.hhptf.org/organizations/#social-exclusion-and-inclusion
“Social Exclusion: The European Approach to Social Disadvantage” (PDF)
Hilary Silver and S.M. Miller, Indicators (Spring 2003)
http://tinyurl.com/fhsmk
Statistics on Poverty and Social Exclusion
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
www.poverty.org.uk/index.htm
“Tackling Social Exclusion”
John Vincent, Information for Social Change (No. 15, Summer 2002)
www.libr.org/isc/articles/15-Vincent.html
The Network Newsletter
“Tackling Social Exclusion in Libraries, Museums, Archives & Galleries”
www.seapn.org.uk/newsletters
“Understanding Social Inclusion, Social Cohesion and Social Capital” (PDF)
Robert J. Oxby, Dept. of Economics, University of Calgary (June 2009)
http://econ.ucalgary.decenturl.com/understanding-social-inclusion
50-State Demographics
National Center for Children in Poverty
http://nccp.org/tools
FedStats
www.fedstats.gov
NLIHC State Level Information
National Low Income Housing Coalition
www.nlihc.org/partners/map.cfm
Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
This site features facts and FAQs, links to poverty research centers, and research tips.
http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/index.shtml
Statistical Resources on the Web: Demographics and Housing
University of Michigan
www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stdemog.html
U.S. Census Bureau: American FactFinder
Plug in location information and click “Go.” You’ll obtain a Fact Sheet that includes data on families and individuals living below the federal poverty line in your area.
http://factfinder.census.gov
U.S. Census Bureau: Poverty
This site is a clearinghouse of federal poverty data.
www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/poverty.html
U.S. Census Bureau: Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates
The SAIPE site features searchable data on school districts, counties, and states.
www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/index.html
Fact Sheets for Kids: Homelessness
National Alliance to End Homelessness
www.naeh.org/section/data/data_and_research
Fact Sheets on Homelessness
National Coalition for the Homeless
www.nationalhomeless.org/publications/facts.html
Hunger 101: Curricula and Materials
Atlanta Community Food Bank
www.acfb.org/projects/hunger_101/curricula/
Kids Can Make a Difference
www.kidscanmakeadifference.org
Oxfam Education
Oxfam GB
www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources
Read to Feed / Heifer International
http://heifereducation.decenturl.com/read-to-feed
Social Justice Resources Center
Virginia Tech
http://www.ceutonline.com/diversity/about.cfm
Student Advocacy Manuals
National Student Campaign Against Hunger & Homelessness
www.studentsagainsthunger.org/manuals-and-factsheets
“Teaching for Social Justice”
Herbert Kohl, Rethinking Schools (Winter 2000/2001)
www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/15_02/Just152.shtml
Teaching Resources
Make Poverty History
www.makepovertyhistory.org/schools/index.shtml
“The Realities and Experience of Homelessness”
National Health Care for the Homeless Council
www.nhchc.org/Curriculum/module1/module1D/module1d.htm
United Nations CyberSchoolBus: Poverty Curriculum
This material is designed for grades five through 12.
www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/poverty2000/index.asp