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"The sleek new school to the south is Logan's replacement, a bright spot in an area roughed up by poverty, crime and low expectations. George Washington Carver Academy represents something Logan's leaders desperately wanted: a clean slate."

"Meanwhile, applications have jumped about 40 percent in the past 18 months at Experience Works, an Arlington, Va.-based nonprofit that provides federally funded employment retraining for low-income people over 55 years old in 30 states, including Georgia."

"A low-income tax credit for people who earn less than $20,000 has been eliminated. The bill will likely affect many seniors. The Senate voted 40-9 and the House voted 97-62 Thursday to approve the measure, which was originally intended to offset sales taxes paid by the poor."

"Now in its 10th year, the program has awarded more than $500 million in scholarships to low-income minority students, he said."

"Recognizing that foster children are more likely to fall behind, drop out and end up homeless or in jail, the program aims to keep these children from riding off the education track and into what one expert termed the 'prison pipeline.'"

"Thirteen years earlier, Rossi had signed on to a little-known state program that allows low-income senior citizens to defer their property taxes until they either sell their homes or die."

"The Community Montessori School would be an elementary school for low-income students run by Crossway Community, a nonprofit group in Kensington."

"In a move to help financially strapped retirees, the City Council voted Tuesday to give $1,083 checks to former workers whose city benefits fall below the poverty line."

"In response to concerns by local schools, Pinellas County educational leaders have tweaked a plan redistributing federal dollars to high-poverty schools."

"Scholar House, which sponsors affordable housing for low-income parents pursuing college courses, is to receive a $1 million loan toward construction of 33 apartments "

"Legislation that could push more than 100,000 low-income senior citizens in Massachusetts into managed care health plans spurred intense lobbying yesterday, as consumer advocates argued the measure would strip patients of their freedom to stay in traditional Medicare..."

"Affordable housing for senior citizens was one of the needs the county's 2005 study pinpointed. Since then, the county [has taken]... steps to make more housing available that low-to moderate-income residents can afford."