Tracking Poverty in Utah Community Action Partnership Association

Tracking Poverty in Utah Community Action Partnership Association

Two Publications

Purpose • Education • Media Exposure • Advocacy

Goals • Provide good reliable data • Provide information that easily understood and accessed by the public • Inform legislators about solutions to poverty • Media event

UCAPA Annual Report • Published by UCAPA • Funded by State Community Services Office • Used to educate local officials and legislators about CAAs

UCAPA Report • Poverty Data • Data about Individual CAAs

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Poverty in Utah • Annual Report published by Utah Issues • Media Event • Funded by State with CSBG Discretionary dollars

Poverty in Utah • Executive Summary – Use for media – Talking points – Includes all main points

Poverty in Utah • Definitions of Poverty – Poverty thresholds/guidelines – Demographics – Limits of Poverty Measures • Functional Poverty • Self-Sufficiency Standard • 200% of Poverty • Shelter Poverty

Poverty in Utah • Causes of Poverty – Access to Employment – Access to Sufficient Wages – Access to Health Care – Income Inequality – Asset Poverty

Poverty in Utah • Issue Sections – Health – Housing – Hunger – Taxes – Training & Education – Welfare

Poverty in Utah • Each issue section includes three subsections: – PROBLEM – CURRENT RESPONSES – LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS

Poverty in Utah • State & County Level Data • Charts, Graphs & Photos

For more information… • UCAPA – www. utahcap. org – heather@utahcap. org • Utah Issues – www. utahissues. org – doug@utahissues. org