• YouthNoise Business & Economy: http://www.youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=2237
• YouthNoise Poverty: http://www.youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=2242
• YouTube You Choose: http://youtube.com/youchoose_issue?i=economy
• ThinkMTV Poverty & Disease: http://think.mtv.com/Issues/povertydisease/
• Spotlight on Poverty & Opportunity - http://www.spotlightonpoverty.com/
• Living Wage Resource Center: http://www.livingwagecampaign.org/
• Universal Living Wage Campaign: http://www.universallivingwage.org/
• Responsible Wealth: http://www.responsiblewealth.org/
• Administration for Children and Families -- Data on recipient characteristics, background on TANF, and links to a number of ACF programs.
• Census Bureau -- Extensive data on all aspects of poverty and income, including Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2004, annual reports based on the March Current Population Survey, and poverty thresholds.
• DHHS Poverty Guidelines -- The official federal poverty guidelines for 2007, used in determining eligibility for various federal and state programs.
• Indicators of Welfare Dependency, Annual Report to Congress -- Annual compilation from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human services, which tracks and predicts dependence on welfare programs.
• American Public Human Services Association -- Top news stories and news from the states.
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities -- A nonpartisan research organization that conducts research and analysis with a focus on policies affecting low- and moderate-income people. Includes information on welfare in the states.
• Children's Defense Fund -- Features state-by-state data on children's health and welfare issues.
• CLASP: The Center for Law and Social Policy -- A national public interest law firm with expertise in law and policy affecting the poor. This site contains their recent publications, including materials on welfare policy.
• Economic Success Clearinghouse -- Formerly known as the Welfare Information Network. A clearinghouse for information, policy analysis, and technical assistance related to welfare, workforce development, and other human and community services.
• Institute for Research on Poverty -- Located at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Joint Center for Poverty Research -- Academic research that examines what it means to be poor and live in America. Includes links to their many publications and clearinghouses.
• National Center for Children in Poverty -- This site contains information on children and welfare reform, child poverty facts, state and local information, and connects to Research Forum, an online database with up-to-date summaries of welfare research projects.
• National Center on Poverty Law -- A legal advocacy and public policy organization which seeks to identify, develop, and support approaches to achieve social and economic justice for low-income people. Includes case reports and articles and statistical information on food programs and welfare.
• Public Agenda Online: Poverty and Welfare -- "The inside source for public opinion and policy analysis" offers background, facts presented graphically, poll data, a digest of recent news stories, and much more on the topic of welfare.
• State Policy Documentation Project -- A joint project of the Center for Law and Social Policy and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, this site tracks policy choices on Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance programs, and Medicaid in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Includes a number of state-by-state reports.
• The Urban Institute -- This site includes many reports on various aspects of welfare.
• Social Policy -- One of the issues followed by stateline.org, a project of the Pew Center for the States and an excellent source of current information including newspaper stories from around the country.
• Citizens for Tax Justice -- "A nonpartisan, nonprofit research and advocacy organization dedicated to fair taxation at the federal, state, and local levels."
• Tax Analysts -- A nonprofit organization dedicated to providing information to tax professionals. Check out their Tax History Project.
• Tax and Accounting Sites Directory -- This site, maintained by Dennis Schmidt, contains links to state departments of revenue.
• Tax Facts -- This site "provides tax information for citizens, policy analysts, legislators, and the press. Data are compiled from a variety of sources, including the Urban Institute, Brookings Institution, Internal Revenue Service, the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Congressional Budget Office, the Department of the Treasury, the Federation of Tax Administrators, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Tax Facts is a product of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. The Center provides independent analyses of current and longer-term tax issues."
• Tax Foundation -- Tax information from the people who track Tax Freedom Day each year.

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