News Release Oregon taxes the incomes of low-income working families at higher rates than most states, according to a report released today by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, based in Washington, D.C. The tax burden borne by working families earning slightly higher than poverty incomes is especially heavy in Oregon compared to other […]
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Eliminating the Three Month Food Stamp Time Limit in 30 Oregon Counties The 1996 federal welfare law limits able-bodied adults between the ages of 18 and 50 who have no dependents (ABAWDs) to three months’ participation in the Food Stamp Program in a three year period, unless they meet a work requirement or are exempted
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News Release The federal government released the 2000 Federal Poverty Guidelines in today’s issue of the Federal Register. The poverty guidelines, sometimes loosely referred to as the “federal poverty level,” define who is officially considered “poor.” The guidelines are adjusted up each year to account for inflation. State and federal agencies use the guidelines to determine
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There are two slightly different U.S. federal poverty measures: poverty thresholds, based on the “thrifty food plan” by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and poverty guidelines, a simplification of the poverty thresholds used to determine eligibility for a number of programs. The poverty thresholds are established after the year is over, based on the Current
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People are not supposed to go hungry in America or in Oregon, but they do. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently estimated that 5.8 percent of all Oregon households live with hunger due to insufficient money for food. Moreover, according to the USDA, an additional 6.8 percent of households in the state survive on
Measuring Food Insecurity and Hunger Executive Summary People are not supposed to go hungry in America or in Oregon, but they do. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that 5.8 percent of all Oregon households live with hunger due to insufficient money for food. This is the worst rate in the country. Moreover, according
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Tillamook and Columbia Counties have been added to a list of long-term, high unemployment areas in Oregon, and Sherman County has been removed, bringing the total to 27
Oregon Labor Surplus Areas Grow, Again Tillamook and Columbia Counties Added to List Read More »
News Release As the Oregon Department of Revenue gives a tour of its kicker check processing operation to the Oregon media today, an independent policy research institute told a different story about the kicker rebate being prepared in Salem. “The media will have a rare opportunity to get photos of a tale of inefficiency at
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News Release Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released new data on the extent of poverty and the change in household median income in Oregon. According to an analysis by the Oregon Center for Public Policy, a non-profit research institute in Silverton, the new numbers “are a reflection of the widening economic gulf that separates urban
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News Release Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released new data on the extent of poverty and the change in household median income in Oregon. According to an analysis by the Oregon Center for Public Policy, a non-profit research institute in Silverton, the new numbers “are a reflection of the widening economic gulf that separates urban
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