Do You Know?
In September 2009, the U.S. Census Bureau released 2008 poverty, family income, food stamp, health insurance, household income, housing and other data in September 2009. Click here to go to the data sets page for the American Community Survey.
According to a USDA report released in November 2009, America experienced the highest level of household hunger in the country since 1995, when the USDA began measuring it… One in ten Wisconsin households experienced food insecurity between 2006 and 2008. Click here to view the report.
For up-to-date information on local economic indicators, click here to visit the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce's site for data on construction, transportation, utility usage and the labor force, industry-specific data, the consumer price index and other statistics.
Thank you for visiting the Poverty Information Page. The idea for this page came from a Brown County United Way Community Summit held on December 12, 2008, the topic of which was women and children in poverty. Event attendees expressed the need for a local, central repository for poverty information, so that the community could more easily access data about poverty and its far-reaching effects on individuals, families and society as a whole.
Along the left side of the page there are links to think-tank organizations with a poverty focus. Below you will find links to resources, statistics and research from a range of sources, as well as information on selected education tools and poverty-related local events. There is also a link summarizing feedback on the issue of poverty in Brown County gathered from attendees on the day of the Poverty Summit.
For those seeking services, the best source of information is our 2-1-1 database, which contains detailed information on thousands of Brown County programs. To speak with a call center specialist directly, dial 2-1-1 from your telephone 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week.
To provide feedback on this page and/or suggestions on information to add to it, contact Sarah Inman at sarah@browncountyunitedway.org.
Links:
Resources: Reference guides to local services
Statistics: National, state and local data, locally-produced reports
Research: Commissioned studies and briefs about the impacts of poverty
Education Tools: Poverty-related book lists, videos, etc.
Poverty Summit Feedback: Compilation of attendees' opinions about poverty in Brown County
Events: Poverty simulations, community reads, etc.