The latest news, analysis and opinion on the state of low-income women and their families from Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity. For the week ending 8/27/2010: A look at one foundation’s achievements in helping low-income and at-risk girls find confidence and empowerment. Plus, more than half of babies born into poverty are being raised by mothers who show symptoms of depression.
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Here’s this week’s news:
·The State highlights the achievements of the DIVA Foundation, founded by Monicka Carey-Green to help low-income and at-risk girls find confidence and empowerment.
·A new study recently found that more than half of babies in poverty are being raised by mothers who show symptoms of mild to severe depression, potentially creating problems in parenting and in child development, as reported in The Washington Post.
·In an editorial in the Courier-Post, Donald Norcross criticizes New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for vetoing a bipartisan bill authorizing $7.4 million to help thousands of low-income women and their families receive vital health care services.
·Carrie Morgan Handy, 63, tells the Times-Picayune that after Katrina destroyed her house, she illegally squatted in a foreclosed building for three years until she was discovered by UNITY of Greater New Orleans, who reports that squatters are four times more likely to be elderly and usually choose to avoid shelters.
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