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Highlights for September 2008
The Contributions of Immigrant Workers to Maryland's Economy
Just in time for Labor Day, this new Annie E. Casey Foundation-funded report explores the contributions of immigrants to the workforce of the Foundation’s home state of Maryland. Many of Maryland’s immigrant workers are highly educated and work in key skilled industries, however a large number are challenged by low educational attainment and a lack of English proficiency. The report recommends investing in education and training for a large number of immigrants and native-born workers to help the state remain competitive in the 21st century.
New State- and City-Level Child Poverty Rates and Rankings Available in the KIDS COUNT Data Center
The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT Data Center has been updated to include poverty data from the 2007 American Community Survey, released on August 26, 2008, by the U.S. Census Bureau. The KIDS COUNT analysis of the data shows that there continues to be wide variation in child poverty rates across the states.
Shining a Light on Poverty -- And Efforts to Combat It The new summer 2008 issue of the Annie E. Casey Foundation newsletter,
Casey Connects/Insites, describes how the Foundation supports promising efforts nationwide to combat poverty, while also building the popular and political will needed to spur action by federal, state, and local policymakers. Insites features stories of families whose lives are improving thanks to successful approaches to combat poverty.
Casey Foundation Urges Congress to Adopt a New Poverty MeasureA House Ways and Means Subcommittee held a hearing on July 17th on a draft proposal to establish a new measure of poverty in the United States. Annie E. Casey Foundation President and CEO Douglas W. Nelson presented testimony on why today’s poverty measure does not reflect the needs of low-income families. Learn more and watch the video on
SpotlightonPoverty.org.
