Washington D.C., Sep 9, 2004 / 22:00 pm
More than 10 percent of Americans live in poverty, says a report issued by the U.S. Census Bureau Aug. 26, and the Catholic Campaign for Human Development has set out to do something about it.
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), a program of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, is one of the largest private funders of self-help programs for poor and low-income people in the U.S.
It offers funding to community-based, self-help projects that are initiated and led by poor and low-income people.
But last month, it also launched a national public awareness program to educate Americans about the facts related to poverty in the U.S., and solutions that work.