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Careers for Poverty Aid
Lifting Up the Poor Through Jobs & Community Service
Understanding the Poverty Trap
Taking Action for Poverty: Career & Volunteer Paths
How You Can
Help the Poor
Hunger
Education
Job Opportunities
Substance Abuse
Productivity
Crime
Family Stability
Community Revitalization
From the Expert: Interview With Robert L. Hawkins
Why the Fight Against U.S. Poverty Is a Must-Win
Who Does Poverty Affect Most in America?
Poverty Rate by Race
Poverty Rate by Age & Gender
Ending Child & Youth Poverty in the U.S.
Youth Below the Poverty Line:
Day in the Life of a High School Student
Where Poverty Strikes Hardest
10 Most Impoverished States
International Poverty
Resources & Organizations for Poverty Aid

Content: To escape poverty, people need capital and credit. However, people in poverty are seldom able to gain either, reinforcing a spiral known as the poverty trap. Hunger More Info +
Limited Education More Info +
Poor Job
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Substance Abuse More Info +
Low Productivity More Info +
Crime More Info +
Unstable Families More Info +
Underserved Communities More Info +
Taking Action for Poverty: Career & Volunteer Paths
Many career and volunteer opportunities exist to help those facing poverty overcome different elements of the poverty trap. Applying personal interests and career goals in ways that make a difference to underserved individuals and communities can help them escape the cycle and decrease the poverty gap over time. How You Can
Help the Poor
Career Path
Volunteer Path
Hunger
Become a Social and Community Service Manager
Social and community service managers are embedded within nonprofit organizations that help those living in poverty. They develop programs targeted at particular demographic groups and oversee day-to-day operations in addition to hiring staff, making budgets and writing grant proposals. Explore social work degree programs and careers
Volunteer at Soup
Kitchens & Food Banks
Helping impoverished individuals get the nutrition they need can be as simple as making or serving food at a local food bank or soup kitchen. Did you know? Food kitchens rely heavily on volunteer help.