Poverty is gaining a higher profile as the recession continues — and so is religion’s role in combating it. Unemployment figures released on June 5 showed a loss of 345,000 jobs in May and a jump in the unemployment rate to 9.4 percent. One in eight Americans is poor,and many more struggle to meet daily [...]
World hunger has reached crisis proportions because of a confluence of agricultural and economic factors. The situation is so bad – with shortages, rocketing prices and political unrest – that Josette Sheeran, executive director of the United Nations World Food Program, has called it “a silent tsunami.” As governments and organizations scramble to respond, the [...]
More food is being given out to hungry people. Still, one in every 10 U.S. households does not have regular and reliable access to nutritious food, and more people are requesting help than ever before. Advocates argue that America can – and should – end hunger now. Religious groups and people are at the forefront [...]
There is a critical shortage of affordable housing in America, and religious groups have emerged as a pivotal player in the urgent quest to increase the supply.
People who work with the homeless say they’re seeing more families, more women and children, and more people who were knocked down by a job loss, divorce or domestic violence – or by jobs that paid too little and medical bills or housing that cost too much. They are also seeing more people who have [...]
When President Bill Clinton signed into law the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act on Aug. 22, 1996, the United States adopted a radically new approach to fighting poverty. Gone was a system that entitled poor people to financial aid. It was replaced by Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), a combined state and [...]
Since President Bush established the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives in 2001, similar offices have been opened in eight federal departments, two federal agencies, 30 state governments and dozens of cities. The government’s effort to provide more opportunities for religious organizations to receive federal funding for social services has generated thousands of pages in [...]
Advocates for aid for Africa say they believe it is now possible to stop the spiraling crises of poverty and AIDS in Africa if the world – and its leaders – put their minds and money to it. Religious organizations aren’t waiting. From Rick Warren’s AIDS conference Nov. 29-Dec. 1 and the increasing efforts of [...]
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