The latest news, analysis and opinion on the state of low-income women and their families from Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity. This week: How Jacksonville nonprofits help female homeless veterans….Plus, underprivileged students prepare for college.
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Here’s this week’s news:
· In a New York Times op-ed, Elaine Tyler May reflects on the many social changes that were predicted with FDA approval of oral contraceptives 50 years ago, including an end to poverty.
· The Florida Times-Union reports on the Veterans Reintegration Center, a Jacksonville nonprofit that helps find housing, jobs and support services specifically tailored for female homeless veterans.
· A recently released report says that Kentucky women still fall below the national average in median annual earnings and that there continues to be a disproportionate number of women living in poverty, according to the Associated Press.
· The Chicago Tribune profiles the individual successes of a few students at the Young Women’s Leadership Charter School, a single-sex school that prepares underprivileged girls for college.
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