Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America

Poverty Facts and Statistics

• National Data
  Read more about the 39.8 million Americans living in poverty.
• State Data 
  Use our search function to access unemployment and poverty data by state.
• Catholic Charities Agency Experiences
  Read our Snapshot Surveys to find how local agencies are coping with the recession.

How do we measure our work?

Catholic Charities USA has set a broad goal: we want all people in this nation to work together and reduce poverty in half by 2020. As we move forward there must be a way to measure how our communities are faring.

Catholic Charities USA is working with the American Human Development Institute and using indicators from its report The Measure of America to look at the work of Catholic Charities agencies that reduces poverty. You can Download the PowerPoint Presentation to learn more about the report.

• Health Care
  Reduction of the infant mortality rate
  Increase the number of children with health care coverage
• Hunger
  Increase access to healthy, nutritious food
• Housing
  Reduce the number of families in emergency shelters
  Increase the number of affordable housing units
• Family Economic Security
  Increase median personal earnings/assets
  Increase father involvement in families
• Workforce/Training and Education
  Increase access to quality affordable early childhood education
  Increase rate of high school completion
  Increase the number of youth participating in postsecondary education or workforce training