Women and Poverty in America: Reports and Resources

Attacks on Food Stamps - Legal Momentum has issued a statement in response to the recent attacks on the Food Stamp program explaining that the program provides vitally important food aid to help the needy achieve a nutritionally adequate diet. (PDF) January 2012

Single Mother Poverty in the United States in 2010 - Poverty is widespread and severe in single mother families. According to the Census Bureau data on poverty in 2010, people in single mother families had a poverty rate of 42.2% and an extreme poverty rate of 21.6%. (PDF) September 2011

Reading Between the Lines: Women and Poverty in the United States - The federal government's annual reports on poverty in the United States have consistently failed to highlight the persistent gender poverty gap. Legal Momentum's analysis of this data detail the nature and extent of the gap between men and women. New 2010 Census data shows that poverty has risen and that women continue to be much more likely to be poor than men. Previous years demonstrate a similar trend: 2009; 2008; 2007; 2006; 2005; 2004; 2003; 2001. (PDF) September 2011

Single Mother Poverty Rates Remain Exceptionally High Even When Food Stamps and Earned Income Credits Are Counted - No matter the type of income measured, single mothers suffer disproportionately high poverty rates. (PDF) June 2011

Poverty Rates for Single Mothers Are Higher in the U.S. than in Other High-Income Countries - A report by Legal Momentum shows that poverty rates for single mothers in the U.S. are exceptionally high compared to the poverty rates for single mothers in other high income countries. (PDF) June 2011

Harmful House Food Stamp Proposal Poses an Especially Grave Threat to Single Mothers and Their Children - The House of Representatives' FY 2012 Food Stamp proposal would roll back benefits for the neediest Americans in the wake of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. (PDF) May 2011