FAQ About Poverty

The National Poverty Center website established by the University of Michigan, offers information about events, the organization, opportunities to help and also some interesting facts. The word, poverty, covers a large spectrum of topics that are associated to it. There are certain limits and standards set for one to be considered living in poverty.

"A family is counted as poor if its pretax money income is below its poverty threshold. Money income does not include noncash benefits such as public housing, Medicaid, employer-provided health insurance and food stamps."

It is important to take a look at the statistics to get an idea of how many people are suffering in this lifestyle. The more educated we are about it, the better we can help.