Weekly Poverty Grades for the Obama Administration: C+
A slight improvement over last week with regard to the struggle to reduce poverty. For the first month of the Obama administration has reached a solid C average on fighting poverty. The stimulus bill passed and will be signed in the next two days. We already detailed all the items within the bill that would help homeless people here. Plus, there was that help of one homeless woman in Ft. Myers Florida who asked a question at his Tuesday press conference. Now that the Economic Stimulus bill is done, the administration can now turn its attention to the housing crisis, the health care system reform, and the free fall in the job market. We did not get everything we wanted with the economic stimulus, but all that money has to do something to help. There is still a long list of areas that need immediate action (here is the list). That list got a little longer in that they now have to fill two cabinet positions, and get the Secretary of Labor approved by the Senate. I read the White House blog and all the press releases, as well as the HUD website for the last week to see what else the government was doing. Nothing much happened except the stimulus over the last week, but there is a big week expected this week.
Brian
Posts are by the staff and Board of the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless
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