The Web site of the National Center for Children in Poverty is loaded with usefull information. Here are a few of the site's nuggets:
1) The Family Resource Simulator. You can plug in your income and expenses. Based on those answers, the site generates graphs that show how family resources and expenses change as earnings increase.
2) A fact sheet illustrating that higher education is one of the most effective ways parents can increase their family income. In low-income families, 25% of children (almost 7.2 million) have parents with less than a high school diploma.
3) Data showing a decline in household income since 2000, even as the number of children living in low-income families is rising. In low-income families, 56% of children (16 million) have at least one parent who works full-time and year-round.
4) Using the "50-State Policy Wizard," you can pull out a wealth of policy data about family eligibility for Head Start, food stamps, income tax liability, minimum wage standards, Section 8 vouchers, tax credits and unemployment insurace.
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