Much of our poverty advocacy overlaps with our Welfare Advocacy program and also assists with federal and private disability programs. We work together with people facing a variety of poverty-related issues to come up with ways to address the situations they face. Sometimes, we can make a referral to another agency with more in-depth knowledge of a particular issue or problem.
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“Poverty is lack of opportunity, lack of freedom. It is hunger and malnutrition, disease and lack of basic social services. It is a policy failure that degrades people – those who suffer it and those who tolerate it. It is an equity gap between countries and within counties. Poverty is still the gravest insult to human dignity. Poverty is the scar on humanity’s face.”
— Gro Harlem Brundtland,
Former Prime Minister of Norway
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