Non-Profit Associations:

Food Security Learning Center. (2008) Frequently Asked Questions About Rural Poverty. Retrieved June 3, 2008 from http://www.worldhungeryear.org/fslc/faqs/ria_072.asp?section=14&click=8.

- According to its website, World Hunger Year (WHY) is a “leading advocate for innovative, community-based solutions to hunger and poverty WHY challenges society to confront these problems by advancing models that create self-reliance, economic justice, and equal access to nutritious and affordable food.” WHY’s Food Security Learning Center offers extensive information about rural poverty and rural food security. Its “Frequently Asked Questions” section offers reliable statistics and answers to the most important issues surrounding rural poverty today. Any journalist researching rural poverty would benefit from looking at this basic information, especially when looking for a lead into other research.

Housing Assistance Council (HAC). (2008) HAC Homepage. Retrieved June 2, 2008 from http://www.ruralhome.org/index.php.

-The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) is a nonprofit corporation headquartered in Washington, D.C. that has been helping local organizations build affordable homes in rural America since 1971. The HAC offers services to public, nonprofit, and private organizations throughout the rural United States. HAC also maintains a special focus on high-need groups and regions: Indian country, the Mississippi Delta, farm workers, the Southwest border colonies, and Appalachia. HAC’s web page shows researchers the organization’s initiatives; focuses; policy, budget and funding updates and training events. Because HAC is a nonprofit organization that has an extensive focus in rural America, it is an excellent source for any journalist looking to do research on rural poverty and the rural housing crisis. Also, its website blatantly lists the organization’s contact information, making them easily accessible for any journalist.

Institute for Research on Poverty. (2008) IRP Homepage. Retrieved May 28, 2008 from http://www.irp.wisc.edu/.

- IRP is a center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the U.S. and is housed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This website is government funded and appears to be completely research based without pushing a specific agenda. This site offers answers to frequently asked questions, extensive amounts of research about different areas that affect poverty, publications and a search engine, which offers easy, fast access to information for reporters.

Rural Poverty Research Center. (2008) RUPRI Homepage. Retrieved May 28, 2008 from http://www.rprconline.org/.

- RUPRI speaks openly about its proposed agenda, which is to “examine both the causes and consequences of poverty in rural areas and the factors affecting the success of policies to improve the self-sufficiency and well-being of low income workers and families in rural America,” but offers extensive research, studies, publications, news and external links about rural poverty through its website, making it an excellent source for any reporter looking for academic research about rural poverty.