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the state of being extremely poor.

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1971
An amendment to the Food Stamp Act was
passed declaring that food stamps could not cost
more than 30% of a family's income, making
food stamps more accessible and affordable.

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1988
Congress passes JOBS (Job
Opportunities and Basic Skills) Act to
provide assistance for the poor to
transition out of poverty.

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2009
President Obama signed the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act, an initiative
to help fight poverty by increasing funding
for low income workers, the unemployed,
and retirees (including job training) $82.2
billion.

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The best pathway out of poverty is a well-paying job. To get back to prerecession employment levels, we must create 5.6 million new jobs. At the current pace, however, we will not get there until July 2018.

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In the late 1960s, a full-time worker earning the minimum wage could lift a family of three out of poverty. Had the minimum wage back then been indexed to inflation, it would be $10.86 per hour today, compared to the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.

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Invest in affordable, high-quality child care and early education

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Invest in affordable, high-quality child care and early education

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The lack of affordable, high-quality child care serves as a major barrier to reaching the middle class. In fact, one year of child care for an infant costs more than one year of tuition at most states’ four-year public colleges.

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1.  Nearly 1/2 of the world’s population — more than 3 billion people — live on less than $2.50 a day. More than 1.3 billion live in extreme poverty — less than $1.25 a day.
2.  1 billion children worldwide are living in poverty. According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty.
3.  More than 750 million people lack adequate access to clean drinking water. Diarrhea caused by inadequate drinking water, sanitation, and hand hygiene kills an estimated 842,000 people every year globally, or approximately 2,300 people per day.
4.  Preventable diseases like diarrhea and pneumonia take the lives of 2 million children a year who are too poor to afford proper treatment.
5.  1/4 of all humans live without electricity — approximately 1.6 billion people.