President Obama's Record on Helping Our Poor..
"Things Obama Has Done For The Poor That Never Get Highlighted" Or Acknowledged..http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2011/01/things-obama-has-done-for-poor-that.html
Cross posted at dkos..
1) A $20 billion increase for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as Food Stamps.
2) A $1 billion in funding for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) that is intended to revitalize low-income communities via "Job training and placement assistance", "Financial literacy programs", et al, to helping families become self-sufficient.
3) A $2 billion in new Neighborhood Stabilization Funds that will allow ailing neighborhoods be kept maintained.
4) A $1.5 billion in Homelessness Prevention Funds to keep people in their homes and prevent homelessness.
5) A $5 billion increase for the Weatherization Assistance Program to help low income families save on their residential energy expenditures by making their homes more energy efficient.
6) A $4 Billion program, The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, "authorizes funding for federal school meal and child nutrition programs and increases access to healthy food for low-income children."
7) As part of the HCR bill, subsidies will be available to the uninsured and families with income between the 133 percent and 400 percent of poverty level($14,404 for individuals and $29,326 for a family of four).
8) Estabilished Open Doors to end the 640,000 men, women and children who are homeless in America by 2020.
9) Increased the amount of federal Pell Grant awards so that funds are available to those with less access to have opportunity.
10) Provided $510 Million for the rehabilitation of Native American housing.
11) Expanded eligibility for Medicaid to all individuals under age 65 with incomes up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level ($14,400 per year for an individual).
12) Providing assistance to low-income workers through the Earned Income Tax Credit giving millions of working families the break they need.
13) Education being the way out of Poverty, kicked off the "Race to the Top", a $4.3 billion program, that rewards via grants to States that meet a few key benchmarks for reform, and states that outperform the rest.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/01/04/932367/-Things-Obama-Has-Done-For-The-Poor-
"Obama’s Quiet Campaign to Fight Poverty"
This disturbing increase reflects the ongoing fallout of the economic downturn. But the fact is that the statistics would have been worse had it not been for a concerted effort by the Obama administration to ease poverty—an effort that deserves more attention.
http://www.spotlightonpoverty.org//ExclusiveCommentary.aspx?id=bcddfb97-ed90-42d0-ad7b-45661759b788
Ladders of Opportunity
“We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American; she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.”
– President Barack Obama, Inaugural Address,
January 21, 2013
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/03/08/creating-ladders-opportunity-our-children
The economic crisis has hit low-income American families particularly hard. President Obama will help vulnerable Americans through this crisis by making sure they have the resources they need to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads, while also extending tax credits to low-wage workers.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/urban-and-economic-mobility
Ending homelessness.. civilians and veterans..
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/06/06/ending-veteran-homelessness
On a Path to Ending Homelessness
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/23/a-path-ending-homelessness
We have so much further to go.. but, it will take more than Pres Obama and the Dems in Office now to Accomplish what we need for our Poor and Middle Class.. GOTV 2014
No, this isn't me.. it's another woman in Hawai'i who appreciates PBO!
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BOG 
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wonder why he doesn't tout it more? This sort of puts in perspective the claim that he's no different than the GOP, and only cares about the much vaunted "1%".
That's a great pic too. Love it.
going on.. it's easy to miss.
And, so many are invested in Lying about this Admin to further their own sneaky lucrative agenda that repeated often enough it gets regurgitated ad nauseum even on Democratic Boards.
Those who claim PBO is no different than the gop know they having willing suckers out there ready willing and able to lap it up. Like W C Fields said.. 
Our job is to set the record straight and slam right through the lies.
Loved the pic too! Tarheel~ Mahalo
Now that makes me really sad, and baffled. 
say on the Island. 
Aloha~ that looks like it could be my son in your surfing Avatar..
. . . and for an awesome post!
to try to right the wrongs. Incredibly sad that so many give uneducated hate filled passion to their belief that this President has done nothing.
On a Path to Ending Homelessness
Someone once told me -- in your head it's a dream, but on paper it's a plan. As a nation, we’ve talked about addressing the issue of homelessness, and now we have a plan. Over the last year, the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH), consisting of 19 federal agencies and chaired by Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, drafted the nation’s first comprehensive strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness.
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The plan sets ambitious but measurable goals: (1) end chronic homelessness in five years; (2) prevent and end homelessness among veterans in five years; (3) prevent and end homelessness for families, youth, and children within a decade; and (4) put us on a path to ending all types of homelessness.
The plan builds on existing interagency partnerships and evidence-based models that are working at the local level. It will focus the resources and efforts of federal agencies to offer a variety of comprehensive solutions. For example, the partnership between HUD, HHS, and Education will provide homeless families with not only a home, but the wrap-around services they need to remain off the streets.
This is doable but it requires all of us to work together - Congress, federal agencies, state and local officials, faith-based and community organizations, and business and philanthropic leaders across our country.
Detail from one of your links.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/23/a-path-ending-homelessness
Thank you Cha for posting this information here.
the valuable. detailed, information on Ending homelessness.
This is one of my personal gratitude issues.. It's thanks to the Democratic Plan that so many will not have to be without a home if they don't want to be. I know some people actually prefer living out outside but that's the exception.
Everyone should be able to have a roof or a yurt over their head to protect them from the elements and have a sanctuary to go home to.
Update on Ending Homelessness for our VETS..
White House Fellows Participate in Winterhaven Homeless Stand Down
Posted by Archie Bates on January 29, 2013 at 11:01 AM EDT
White House Fellows served in the kitchen and dining area, which for most veterans was the last stop of the day. Some Fellows greeted veterans upon their entry into the dining area and reviewed with each veteran his or her schedule, to ensure that each veteran had the opportunity to access all of the available resources. We served meals, including salads, vegetables, barbecue, desserts and beverages. Fellows also helped disabled veterans to their seats and carried veterans' meals and bags of supplies and clothing. Finally, we helped clean tables, so that no veteran would have to wait to be seated. With the other volunteers, we served over 500 veterans during the day.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/01/29/white-house-fellows-2012-2013-participate-winterhaven-homeless-stand-down
I have a strong feeling if we had a majority of Dems in Congress that we could help people better and faster in getting on their feet with a home and a job.
the republicons wouldn't even vote to give 9/11 Rescue workers and New Yorkers money for medical treatment from toxic dust and debris at ground zero ..
Plan to Aid 9/11 Victims Is Rejected in House
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/nyregion/30zadroga.html?_r=0
Those who say the Dems and the repubs are the same are damn liars prefering to wear blinders and tinfoil hats.
lie about it by claiming there's no difference between Dems and Repubs. All people have to do is open their eyes to see what the Dems are doing is for our country(or I suppose helping the Poor and Homeless doesn't count?). They never had to do without so what the hell.. "that's their problem."
You're Welcome, fresh
And I think you are right about the disinformation. 
and they're getting support, no matter how many times the whining says they're not.
I'm happy you got to see it,
BOG
. . . as always. We can never get enough of this to bring perspective and balance to much of the criticisms here. Very fine effort. Well done, and well received!
Lol, on the pic!
Mahalo to you, as well, Cha.
Mahalo, right back atcha!
I love the pic.. it was begging to be posted.
that desperately needs more play in GD.
Every Democrat should bookmark this for whenever some fringe nut tries to pull that crap about voting for the lesser of 2 evils, or Obama not doing much for the poor.
And then watch their heads 'splode because it is another blue link.
that.
I like that "a blue link". Mahalo, Major
This compilation is always for those who are saying Pres Obama has done nothing for our Poor.
How dare you? 
j/k
The media loves the negative and ignores the positive.
You're the bestest Cha!
I so agree with you..
Don't let Tavis Frowney and Cornel South hear you!
Very nice list Cha. Thanks.
Yeah the west and smiley show don't want to hear about what's actually happened. That messes with their whiny drumbeat.
Agree with you. They would rather keep earplugs in their ears till the pressure fades.
