USA web sites - organisasjoner
National Center for Children in Poverty
(NCCP) Founded in 1989 as a division of the Mailman School of Public
Health at Columbia University, NCCP is a nonpartisan, public interest
research organization. NCCP
is the nation’s leading public policy center dedicated to promoting
the economic security, health, and well-being of America’s low-income
families and children.
National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, (NLCHP)
Washington, D.C. NLCHP was established in June 1989 two years after
Congress passed the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. The mission
of the Law Center is to prevent and end homelessness by serving as the
legal arm of the nationwide movement to end homelessness. The Law Center
strives to place homelessness in the larger context of poverty.
Hunger in America: 2001, America's Second Harvest
America's
Second Harvest—The Nation's Food Bank Network is the largest charitable
hunger-relief organization in the USA. It is a network
of more than 200 Member food banks and food-rescue organizations, serving
all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
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