Low Income
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Athens-Clarke County
“From A to B to Z”: The Sparrow’s Nest Commits to Community-Based Approach to Poverty
“Putting people experiencing poverty on track “to go on to the next step: from A to B to Z…” That, in Executive Director James Scott’s words, is the traction-gaining tactic of The Sparrow’s Nest. The Athens-based nonprofit organization is exploring an alternative plan of attack against the city’s age-old poverty…
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Housing
How One Program Can Help Cover Your Home Energy Costs
The cost of owning or renting a home comes at no small price tag, and it can often be easy to forget the additional cost of utilities like heat, air conditioning, electricity and gas. To help assist residents with their home energy costs, the federal government funds the Low Income…
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Food
Home Is Where The Hunger Is: How Housing Affects Diet
Families who deal with unstable housing conditions already have enough to worry about, and maintaining a healthy diet is just one more thing to add to the list. People experiencing issues with housing also tend to have a low-quality diet, according to a small study published in the journal American…
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Health
Cost of Childbirth Growing For Those With Employer-Based Health Insurance
Even though Caitlyn and Philip Flanagan have health insurance through their employer, the WellStar West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange, they weren’t immune from the high cost of having a baby. When their daughter, Millie, was born in November 2018, they paid about $6,000 in out-of-pocket costs for the cesarean birth.…
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Housing
Affordable Housing Experts Seek Solutions to Nationwide Problem
This is one of several Solutions Journalism stories published through a Grady capstone course that reported on housing issues during the fall of 2018. According to Monroe Group, there is not a single county in the United States that can fill 100 percent of its low-income population’s need for safe, affordable housing.…
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Athens-Clarke County
Nearby Communities Reject Affordable Housing Projects
The shortage of affordable housing in the U.S. has left 65 percent of extremely low income (ELI) households unable to stay within their budget. Meanwhile, the supply of affordable housing for area median income (AMI) households barely keeps up with the demand, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition.…
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Athens-Clarke County
Local Organizations See Need for Affordable Housing in Area
Over the past few years, affordable housing in the Athens-Clarke County area has become more scarce for low-income families, said the employees of two local organizations. Jocelyn Crumpton, shelter coordinator of the Athens Area Homeless Shelter, and Spencer Frye, state representative for Georgia House District 118 and executive director of…