There are 6 article(s) tagged Memphis Poverty Fact Sheet:
‘Those whose careers and income streams remained intact see the pandemic very differently than those who have lost their vocations and their income, and fear losing their homes,’” writes Rev. Dr. Dorothy Sanders Wells.
Even with declines in the poverty rate for Memphis and Shelby County, there is not much movement on who is poor and where they live.
The 2019 numbers in the Memphis Poverty Fact Sheet showed an increase in the poverty rate for almost every group in Memphis, except for Hispanics.
Cutting poverty and increasing the financial security of all Americans ought to be a political objective, if not obsession.
The city needs efficient public transportation, a living wage and subsidized day care to adequately address poverty.
Gov. Bill Lee’s TennCare block grant proposal is fundamentally flawed. The plan prioritizes cost reduction, but fails to specify how exactly the state plans to curtail TennCare spending.
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