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"A new apartment complex in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward is giving some older people a chance to return, more than 3 years after Hurricane Katrina forced them to other cities"

"Because of the silence -- coupled with the limited access most low-income women have to quality health care -- cancer is often discovered in African-American women at late stages"

"The aim is to allow low- income and elderly incapacitated people to remain in their homes, saving the state the expense of costly nursing homes. Experts generally consider it a success"

"Most likely, Social Security will become a "needs-based" payout to low-income, elderly recipients -- not a return of the "investments" you made with all those FICA deductions"

"According to state figures, 18 percent of married couples over 65 earn less than $15,000 per year, 27 percent of households 65-74 earn less than 200 percent of the poverty level"

"[T]ax policy needs to be more progressive. The current tax increases take a larger percentage of lower income earners' pay than is the case for those with higher incomes"

"State funding cuts have left northeast Georgia senior centers turning away low-income elderly or putting them on wait lists to access the hot meals and companionship the centers provide"

"That has been a boon to organizations such as the Senior Law Center of Philadelphia, which provides legal services to low-income seniors"

"Florida has seen a 31 percent increase in the number of people on food stamps, compared to a year ago. The recipients are generally low-income families with children, as well as seniors and people with disabilities

"The $787 billion economic stimulus package that President Barack Obama signed includes $120 million in additional money for the program, which provides subsidized, part-time community service jobs to low-income workers 55 and older"

"[T]he additional stimulus money will help provide job training, counseling and community service assignments to older, low-income workers who have poor employment prospects"

"The program, which uses a grant from the Department of Labor administered by the AARP Foundation, tries to help low-income people 55 and older find employment"