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Tracking Poverty in Utah: Informative Insights and Advocacy Initiatives

The Utah Community Action Partnership Association provides reliable poverty data for public access and legislative awareness. Two publications - UCAPA Annual Report and Utah Issues - offer comprehensive information on poverty causes, solutions, and demographics at state and county levels. Engage with media events and understand the long-term solutions to poverty through accessible resources.

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Tracking Poverty in Utah: Informative Insights and Advocacy Initiatives

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  1. Tracking Poverty in Utah Utah Community Action Partnership Association

  2. Two Publications

  3. Purpose • Education • Media Exposure • Advocacy

  4. Goals • Provide good reliable data • Provide information that easily understood and accessed by the public • Inform legislators about solutions to poverty • Media event

  5. UCAPA Annual Report • Published by UCAPA • Funded by State Community Services Office • Used to educate local officials and legislators about CAAs

  6. UCAPA Report • Poverty Data • Data about Individual CAAs

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  12. Poverty in Utah • Annual Report published by Utah Issues • Media Event • Funded by State with CSBG Discretionary dollars

  13. Poverty in Utah • Executive Summary • Use for media • Talking points • Includes all main points

  14. Poverty in Utah • Definitions of Poverty • Poverty thresholds/guidelines • Demographics • Limits of Poverty Measures • Functional Poverty • Self-Sufficiency Standard • 200% of Poverty • Shelter Poverty

  15. Poverty in Utah • Causes of Poverty • Access to Employment • Access to Sufficient Wages • Access to Health Care • Income Inequality • Asset Poverty

  16. Poverty in Utah • Issue Sections • Health • Housing • Hunger • Taxes • Training & Education • Welfare

  17. Poverty in Utah • Each issue section includes three subsections: • PROBLEM • CURRENT RESPONSES • LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS

  18. Poverty in Utah • State & County Level Data • Charts, Graphs & Photos

  19. For more information… • UCAPA • www.utahcap.org • heather@utahcap.org • Utah Issues • www.utahissues.org • doug@utahissues.org

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