We have not yet been able to talk about our report called “Vital Signs“. The report contains local and national statistics, not just on poverty, but on ten or so subjects, including the environment, transportation and health. The 10 to 12 topics include poverty, specifically poverty in certain sections of the population. The report focuses on 16 communities around the country; mostly, they are large cities, but some are also small towns and villages.
We can see that poverty is quite stable. We see this as something negative. I think Karri mentioned it; poverty has not changed. The level of poverty has hardly changed at all in the last 20 or 25 years, including child poverty.
I think that Susan mentioned that poverty among seniors is increasing.