Poverty & Homelessness (CQ Researcher)
Books and Encyclopedias
- Early English Books Onlinea collection of books on the subject of Poor Laws
- EBSCOhost eBooks (formerly NetLibrary)search for books on the subject of "poor"
- Social Policy: Essential Primary SourcesCall Number: Reference HN 57.S6243 2006Social Issues Primary Sources Collection
- Poverty in America: An EncyclopediaCall Number: Reference HC 110 .P6 L375 2008
- Poverty & the Government in America: A Historical EncyclopediaCall Number: Reference HC 110 .P6 P595 2009
- Encyclopedia of World PovertyCall Number: Reference HV 12 .E54 2006
- Atlas of Poverty in America: One Nation, Pulling Apart, 1960-2003Call Number: General Collection HC 110 .P6 G543 2006ASK FOR CD-ROM AT CIRCULATION DESK
Other UCF Books
Search the UCF Library catalog for:
- almshouses
- charity laws & legislation
- child welfare
- economic assistance, domestic
- food relief
- low income housing
- maternal & infant welfare
- poor
- poor children
- poor families
- poor laws
- poor persons
- poor women
- poverty
- public welfare
- rural poor
- urban poor
- welfare economics
- welfare recipients
- welfare state
- workhouses
- working poor
Poverty & The Poor
Congressional Research Service Reports
- Need-Tested Benefits: Children and PovertySeptember 27, 2021
- Poverty in the United States in 2017: In BriefNovember 7, 2018
- Social Security: Minimum BenefitsJuly 20, 2018
- LIHEAP: Program and FundingJune 22, 2018
- Older Americans Act: Background and OverviewJune 19, 2017
- An Introduction to Poverty MeasurementMarch 9, 2017
- U.S. Income Distribution: Trends and IssuesDecember 8, 2016
- State Minimum Wage Ballot Measures: In BriefDecember 8, 2016
- Demographic and Social Characteristics of Persons in Poverty: 2015November 30, 2016
- Poverty in the United States: 2013January 29, 2015
- Social Security's Effect on Child PovertyJanuary 23, 2015
- Poverty: Major Themes in Past Debates and Current ProposalsSeptember 18, 2014
- The Impact of Refundable Tax Credits on Poverty RatesSeptember 14, 2011
- Income of Americans Aged 65 and Older, 1968 to 2008November 4, 2009
- Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2008October 2, 2009
- Children in Poverty: Profile, Trends, and IssuesNovember 25, 2008
U.S. Census Bureau Resources
- Poverty (U.S. Census Bureau)- Poverty Data
- How the Census Bureau Measures Poverty
- History of Poverty Measure
- Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates (SAIPE)are produced for school districts, counties, and states.
You can view SAIPE estimates in tables or on a map online, or you can download Excel or text files to your computer.
U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services
- Poverty Guidelines, Research, & Measurement- Poverty Guidelines
- Further Resources on Poverty Measurement, Poverty Lines, & Their History