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HAVE YOU HEARD?
2008 Kansas Conference on Poverty The 2008 Kansas Conference on Poverty is May 13 - 14, 2008. For additional information, please click here.
2006 Kansas Community Action Outcomes Report During 2006, Kansas Community Action Agencies helped more than 33,000 Kansans through anti-poverty services. To learn more about the Network's 2006 outcomes, please click here. |
The Kansas Association of Community Action Agencies (KACAP) supports community action agencies and other human service networks in their local, state, and national efforts to end poverty.
KACAP exists to:
Help our members be strong and more effectively able to pursue their individual missions to end poverty;
Help Kansas develop a comprehensive model to end poverty; and
Be the leading advocate in promoting an end to poverty.
We do this because we believe that all people deserve a chance!
Click here for more information on the Kansas Association of Community Action Programs
KACAP is proud to be the member association to six of Kansas' Community Action Agencies. To learn more about these six agencies, click on the logos below. For a map of all KACAP Member Agencies by service area, please click here.
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Community Action, Incorporated |
East Central KS Economic Opportunity Corporation |
Harvest America, Corporation |
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Mid-Kansas Community Action Program |
Northeast Kansas Community Action Program |
Southeast Kansas Community Action Partnership |
There are several poverty, general non-profit and community action specific items available for check-out in KACAP's Resource Library. Below is a small sample of what is available.
Books such as Leading Change by John Kotter, The Working Poor by David K. Shipler, The Betrayal of Work by Beth Shulman and The Other America- Poverty in the United States by Michael Harrington
Videos such as Love and Diane, Dark Days, Lalee's Kin and American Culture- The War on Poverty
Poverty Simulation Kit
For a full list of Resource Library items and check-out procedures, please contact KACAP at 785-234-0878 or sarah@kacap.org.
2008 Federal Poverty Guidelines*
Click here for a business card size version of the 2007 Federal Poverty Guidelines
| # in Household | Household Income |
| 1 person | $10,400 |
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2 persons |
$14,000 |
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3 persons |
$17,600 |
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4 persons |
$21,200 |
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5 persons |
$24,800 |
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6 persons |
$28,400 |
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7 persons |
$32,000 |
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8 persons |
$35,600 |
| 9 or more persons | $34,570+ $3,600/person |
*Many anti-poverty programs have adopted eligibility requirements different than the Federal poverty guidelines. Please contact your local community action program to learn more about what anti-poverty services are available in your community, and what the program eligibility requirements are.
Living on the Edge: A Report on the State of Low-Income Working Kansas Families