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• Almanac of Policy Issues: Poverty

  http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/poverty.shtml
  An overview of poverty in the United States, including the latest Census Bureau estimates and distribution issues. Includes links and recent news.

• The Begging Profession in India

  http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/bhiksha/begging.htm
  Article investigates the causes, modus-operandi and issues of begging in India; includes a number of photographs.

• The Social Services Block Grant (SSBG)

  http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/archive/ssbg.shtml
  An overview of the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), a generic federal block grant program for social services in the United States. Includes information on funding, services provided, and the program's legislative history.

• The Welfare State

  http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/publicpolicy/introduction/wstate.htm
  This article discusses and compares the welfare state in Britain, France, Sweden, Germany, the United States, the European Union and developing countries.

• US Shelters Swell - With Families

  http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1129/p1s1-ussc.html
  Recession and Sept. 11 are causing more homelessness, which may echo '80s crisis. From the Christian Science Monitor.

 

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