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The following articles are recommended by members of the Children in Poverty Task Force in their individual capacity. 
The information, contents, and opinions expressed in the articles or books listed on this website are in no way reflective of the opinions
and views of the Children in Poverty Task Force at large, or the Covenant Presbyterian Church in Staunton.

CAPSAW Needs Assessment Report, Community Action Partnership of Staunton, Augusta, and Waynesboro (2018), https://www.waynesboro.va.us/DocumentCenter/View/4065/2018-Needs-Assessment-Report?bidId=

Kevin Johnston, 7 Ways Poverty Affects Education, MoneyWise (June 20, 2019), https://moneywise.com/a/ways-poverty-affects-education (recommended by Ellen Lucius)

How Poverty Affects Education and Our Children, Grape Seed (Apr. 6, 2018), https://grapeseedus.com/how-poverty-affects-education-children/ (recommended by Ellen Lucius)

Kelley Taylor, Poverty’s Long Lasting Effects on Student’s Education and Success, Insight (May 30, 2017), https://www.insightintodiversity.com/povertys-long-lasting-effects-on-students-education-and-success/ (recommended by Ellen Lucius)

Cynthia Johnson, Leading Learning from Children in Poverty, AMLE Magazine (Nov./Dec. 2013), https://www.amle.org/BrowsebyTopic/WhatsNew/WNDet/TabId/270/ArtMID/888/     ArticleID/351/Leading-Learning-for-Children-From-Poverty.aspx (recommended by Ellen Lucius)
 
Ted Talk on Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving https://binged.it/2JBax3e (recommendation provided by Frances Craig)
 
Barbershop Books Program Resources (recommended by Ron Ramsey)
Barbershop Books, Empowering Communities to Support Early Literacy, Reading Holiday Project, Inc.
 
Cory Turner, Turning Kids into Readers, One Barbershop at a Time, NPR (March 29, 2018)
 
Nicholas Kristof, Our Children Deserve Better, N.Y. Times (Sept. 11, 2019), available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/11/opinion/child-poverty-democratic-debate.html (recommended by Cliff Gilchrest)
 
 
 
 
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, COVID-19 Response Letter
 
Feeding America, America is Facing an 8 Billion Meal Shortfall in Charitable Food
 
Laura Reiley, U.S. Faces Shortage of Up to 8 Billion Meals in Next 12 Months, Leading Food Bank Says, The Washington Post (Oct. 2, 2020)