Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America

Overview

The Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America is a multi-year, multi-faceted approach to alleviating poverty in the United States.

Goals

The goals of the Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America are:

  • To reduce poverty in the United States by 50 percent by the year 2020.
  • To call upon the government to do more to serve those who are poor, and to improve public policies that strengthen and support families.
  • To educate policymakers and the public about the struggles of those living in poverty and the good work of those who serve them in local communities.
  • To engage those who are most impacted by government policies to be active participants in developing solutions to reducing poverty.
  • To work with individuals and organizations across the country to address poverty in our country.

We call upon all in our nation to address the issues that impact the most vulnerable and act now to reduce poverty in our nation.

Your Call to Action

Do you support our goals? Do you believe poverty is a moral outrage and a social crisis? Endorse the Campaign today!

 

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
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