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September

  • Safety Net Programs Don’t Support High Rates of Trauma in Participants

    Sep 07, 2016

    New research by the Center for Hunger-Free Communities shows that participants in a federal assistance program for families living in poverty have overwhelmingly high levels of adversity and exposure to violence that can limit their success in the workplace. In spite of that, employment is a requirement to qualify for many of these programs. 

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  • Study: Safety Net Programs Don’t Support High Rates of Trauma in Participants

    Sep 01, 2016

    A recent study by researchers from Drexel University’s Center for Hunger-Free Communities found that a high number of participants in a federal cash assistance program have suffered significant childhood adversity, exposure to violence as adults and other poverty-related stressors, highlighting the need to take participants’ past trauma into account.

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