Reports Another Way to Help the Homeless Volunteers can touch people with their humanity.
Heart touches heart, touch brings solace, kindness, cheer and acknowledgment.
And the world needs more acknowledgment. 2001 Poverty Among America's Poorest Citizens Worsens U.S. Newswire, Feb 14, 2001. In spite of the booming national economy, the average person living in poverty is poorer today than they were at the beginning of the decade demonstrating how the poor are being left behind. In unveiling its report, the National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support called on Congress to provide additional funds to fight poverty and to ensure that the states diligently use the money. Congress and the states must be held to their promise that welfare reform would lift families out of poverty, and that will require a commitment of adequate resources.