Poverty line

Examples of Poverty line in the following topics:

• The Working Poor

  • The working poor are working people whose incomes fall below a given poverty line.
  • The working poor are working people whose incomes fall below a given poverty line.
  • Census Bureau's official definition of poverty, 8.8 million US families were below the poverty line (11.1% of all families).
  • Within the United States, since the start of the War on Poverty in the 1960s, scholars and policymakers on both ends of the political spectrum have paid an increasing amount of attention to the working poor.
  • Conservative scholars and policymakers often attribute the prevalence of inequality and working poverty to overregulation and overtaxation, which they claim constricts job growth.

• The Nonworking Poor

  • The nonworking poor are unemployed people whose incomes fall below a given poverty line.
  • The working poor are working people whose incomes fall below a given poverty line.
  • Conversely, the nonworking poor are unemployed people whose incomes fall below a given poverty line .
  • Since the start of the War on Poverty in the 1960s, scholars and policymakers on both ends of the political spectrum have paid an increasing amount of attention to tackling poverty.
  • Many conservative scholars tend to see nonworking poverty as a more urgent problem than working poverty because they believe that non-work is a moral hazard that leads to welfare dependency and laziness, whereas work, even poorly paid work, is morally beneficial.

• Health Care Reform

  • Individuals with income up to 133% of the federal poverty level qualify for Medicaid coverage.
  • Healthcare tax credits become available to help people with incomes up to 400 percent of poverty purchase coverage on the exchange.
  • Premium cap for maximum "out-of-pocket" pay will be established for people with incomes up to 400 percent of the Federal Poverty Line.

• Public Health

  • In the United States, the front line of public health initiatives is state and local health departments.
  • Since the 1980s, the growing field of population health has broadened the focus of public health from individual behaviors and risk factors to population-level issues such as inequality, poverty, and education.
  • For example in the United States, the front line of public health initiatives is state and local health departments.

• Civil Rights of the Elderly

  • The elderly, or senior citizens, are vulnerable to civil rights abuses due to a propensity for sickness, disability, and poverty.

• Decisions, Decisions!

  • Is poverty bad?

• Welfare Reform

  • Welfare reform refers to improving how a nation helps those citizens in poverty.
  • Following these changes, millions of people left the welfare rolls (a 60% drop overall), employment rose, and the child poverty rate was reduced.

• Civil Rights of Native Americans

  • Reservations have alcoholism, domestic abuse, sexual violence, poverty, and illiteracy rates that are among the highest in the country.

• Income Security Policy and Policy Making

  • This is financial assistance provided for those who are unable to cover basic needs (such as food, clothing, and housing) due to poverty or lack of income because of unemployment, sickness, disability, or caring for children.

• Foundations of the Welfare State

  • On the other hand, the liberal regime is based on the notion of market dominance and private provision; ideally, the state only interferes to ameliorate poverty and provide for basic needs, largely on a means-tested basis.