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Almanac of Policy Issues: Poverty An overview of poverty in the United States, including the latest Census Bureau estimates and distribution issues. Includes links and recent news. http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/poverty.shtml

The Begging Profession in India Article investigates the causes, modus-operandi and issues of begging in India; includes a number of photographs. http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/bhiksha/begging.htm

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Articles on poverty and Social Security from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal public policy research organization. http://www.cbpp.org/pubs/povinc.htm

Government Benefit Programs Cut Poverty Nearly in Half Study from the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities on the effectiveness of government programs in reducing poverty. http://www.cbpp.org/snd98.htm

Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement Overview of the official methodology used to calculate poverty in the United States from the US Department of Health and Human Services. http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/poverty/index.shtml

The Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) An overview of the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), a generic federal block grant program for social services in the United States. Includes information on funding, services provided, and the program's legislative history. http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/archive/ssbg.shtml

The Welfare State This article discusses and compares the welfare state in Britain, France, Sweden, Germany, the United States, the European Union and developing countries. http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/publicpolicy/introduction/wstate.htm

US Shelters Swell - With Families Recession and Sept. 11 are causing more homelessness, which may echo '80s crisis. From the Christian Science Monitor. (November 29, 2001) http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1129/p1s1-ussc.html