Sentences with phrase «poverty lines within»

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The line between «deserving poor» and «undeserving poor» is very, very hard to draw, and one of the things about poverty, whether one has work or not (some jobs pay so little that the people who do them are still well within the poverty trap), is that it is depressing, and actually saps the energy and nerve and vitality in ways that people like me, who have never been out of work and never been truly poor, can only appreciate by being with and ministering to people who are genuinely and chronically poor.

The IDC's plan would include a strengthening of the Facilitated Enrollment Child Care subsidy by hiking funding to $ 25 million and would expand those eligible for the program to within 400 percent of the federal poverty line.

Not only do our 700 school district lines often track patterns of residential economic segregation, there are school districts in this state today — including New York City — with boundary lines within the district that keep children of wealth starkly separated from children of poverty.

Huge inequalities are prevalent within each generation, with poverty and ill health rife even among the so - called lucky generation of baby - boomers: 1.8 million people over state pension age are currently living below the poverty line and three quarters of NHS clients are aged 65 and over.

The IDC would enhance the Facilitated Enrollment Child Care subsidy by increasing funding to $ 25 million and expanding eligibility to those within 400 percent of the Federal Poverty Line, which would increase access to a number of families, and serve approximately 2,571 additional children.

Not only were 100 percent of the students within the school living below the poverty line, but many would be the first in their families to graduate high school or attend college.

As the article notes, schools in the MPCP cater to low - income, minority families; the program is limited to Milwaukee families within 300 percent of the federal poverty line, most of whom are African American or Hispanic.

Unlike Nevada's nearly universal ESA program, the Opportunity Scholarship is only available to those families whose household income (gross) falls within 300 % of the poverty line.

Tax credits are only available to individuals and families within a certain income range — between 100 % and 400 % of the federal poverty line in your state.

Goals: Increase the employment rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; reduce the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are long term CD&EP participants or CD&EP participants where there is access to mainstream labour market; increase the average income of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within the NNYR and reduce the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living below the poverty line; safe and viably sustainable Indigenous communities, families and individuals (in terms off housing, infrastructure, essential services, employment, health, law, justice and education); identify the key stakeholders.

Within the next 10 years, the percentage of households age 65 and older who are living on less than $ 15,000 a year — considered below the poverty line for a two - person household — is expected to increase by nearly 40 percent, according to the report.