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Painting a path of hope for homeless youth through art education

In the areas of D.C. that experience 40-50 percent of homelessness and poverty, one local organization is making sure art is accessible to underprivileged youth.

Tags: Project Create, Rachel Nania, D.C., arts, art education, Christie Walser, homelessness, youth, at-risk

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$5 a day diet leaves mark on local leaders

The experience of eating just $5 worth of food a day left its mark on Montgomery County officials who said they were left hungry and humbled by what thousands of families in their own community suffer regularly.

Tags: food, hunger, food stamps, valerie ervin, Craig Rice, Montgomery County Council,

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Montgomery Co. investigates how to redistribute food to hungry

Tags: hunger, Montgomery County Council

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1 in 4 impoverished in Baltimore, census finds

New census figures show one in four Baltimore residents living in poverty.

Tags: Census

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Report: Child poverty spikes in D.C. region

The idea that poverty is limited to big cities and urban living is changing in the capital region as childhood poverty rates spike in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, according to a new report.

Tags: Venture Philanthropy Partners, alicia lozano

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Fewer D.C. kids living in concentrated poverty

A recent study shows fewer children in Washington are living in neighborhoods with high concentrations of poverty. But the District of Columbia still holds a higher concentrated poverty rate than any state and ranks 10th-worst among large U.S. cities.

Tags: Annie E. Casey Foundation,

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