Child Care Costs
Tomeico, single mom & nurse, on waiting over a year for childcare funding so she could work & provide for her daughter. This segment is part of 'Chasing the Dream: Poverty and Opportunity in America,' a public media initiative that…
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Getting a Fiscal Foothold
What does it take for a family to climb out of poverty?
Thousands On Wait List For Jacksonville Housing Assistance
For low-income families, it can be frustrating finding a decent, affordable place to live. The Jacksonville Housing Authority works with the federal government to try to give people roofs over their heads — but thousands more people need homes than the agency…
Rules, Restrictions of Living in Section 8
Kira Deloach doesn't want to leave her apartment in Mandarin but feels she has to. VINCE KONG / WJCT On a Friday afternoon, Kira Deloach is walking into her apartment at Mandarin Trace. http://cpa.ds.npr.org/wjct/audio/2016/06/f0629_DREAM.mp3 “It’s kind of messy. ... I…
Why Some Alaska Workers Turn Down Pay Increases
Rebecca and Mark Dundore want to give their employees pay raises and increased hours, but they say it’s caused anxiety for some of their staff. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/KTOO) A pay increase should be a happy event in a person’s…
Livable Housing in Jacksonville
The deplorable conditions at the local low-income housing project Eureka Gardens captured national headlines when it came to light residents were living with dangerous mold, leaky gas pipes, and dilapidated stairs. But those conditions aren’t unique to that complex. Many…
The Role of Tribal College in Lifting Native People from Poverty
Cankdeska Cikana Community College is located on the Spirit Lake Nation Reservation in Fort Totten, North Dakota, south of the city of Devils Lake. As part of our Chasing the Dream series, Prairie Public's Danielle Webster spoke with college president…
Traditional Healers and Public Health Approaches to Fighting Poverty in North Dakota
Ashley Thornberg and Bill Thomas met with Dr. Donald Warne. The Oglala Lakota man comes from a long line of traditional healers. He’s Chair of the Department of Public health at NDSU. He studied at Stanford and Harvard, focusing much…
Fighting Poverty in Native Communities Through Traditional Food
Poverty is the type of problem that has numerous causes and consequences, and needs a multi-pronged approach for solutions. In poverty-stricken areas, access to affordable, healthy food is a major issue – one that goes on to cause more issues,…
Historical Trauma and Grassroots Solutions
In North and South Dakota, poverty hits the Native-American population much harder than it does whites. Researchers link its chronic problems like diabetes and heart disease to the systematic breakdown of Native life. In the 400 year history of the…
Falling Poverty Rates on Native Reservations Attributed to Education
From our partners at Prairie Public News, a report on falling poverty rates on Native American reservations. http://cpa.ds.npr.org/ndpr/audio/2016/06/chasing-davis.mp3 The director of North Dakota’s Indian Affairs Commission says he believes the poverty rate among Native Americans in North Dakota is dropping.…
MetroFocus Special: Homelessness in NYC
A simple walk down 8th Avenue would be more than enough proof that New York City deals with homelessness on a broad scale. Shelters overflow with men, women, and children on a daily basis, and it's to the point where…