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A Better Way to Measure Poverty

(Oct. 18) – In the U.S., a new, nuanced tool can help policy makers and social-services providers understand the country’s most acute areas of need more quickly and effectively. It is called the Human Needs Index, or HNI. Developed by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and the Salvation Army, the HNI focuses […]

Human Needs Index: Unusual Partnership Backs Real-Time Data Project on Poverty

(Oct. 15) – One challenge that faces many nonprofits is having access to current, up-to-date data that supports the needs they’re trying to address. The Salvation Army has partnered with the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University to address this need through the creation of the Human Needs Index.

Salvation Army Is Measuring Poverty In Real Time

(Oct. 13) – While the name and message of the Salvation Army (which took that name in 1877) have changed substantially over time, the group’s extensive statistical undertaking has not. True to its beginnings, the wealth of numbers has mostly been used as a means of accountability, both to satisfy donors and the public of its virtue. Now, […]

Better way to track poverty? Index aims to measure needs faster

(Oct. 9) – In an effort to better measure the needs of nearly 47 million Americans living in poverty, one non profit and university are taking a different approach. The Salvation Army partnered with Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy to unveil Wednesday the Human Needs Index, an instrument which tracks state and national data […]

New ‘Human Needs Index’ to Measure U.S. Poverty and Its Effects

(Oct. 8) – The Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University and the Salvation Army have announced the launch of a multi-dimensional index of basic human needs in the United States. Designed to track on-the-ground indicators of poverty and its effects with less lag time than  traditional government data, the Human Needs Index (HNI) […]

IU School of Philanthropy, Salvation Army Partner on Poverty Index

(Oct. 8) – The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy in Indianapolis and The Salvation Army have launched a tool designed to track basic human needs more quickly than by conventional government data. The Human Needs Index focuses on seven indicators, which are broken down nationally and by state.

New Tool Aims to Pinpoint Human Needs to Help Fight Poverty

(Oct. 7) – A new tool designed to track demand for human services aims to help nonprofits and policy makers implement long-term solutions to poverty, according to its creators.

New poverty index shows continuing need in Indiana

(Oct. 7) – Indiana is taking longer to recover from the Great Recession than the nation as a whole, according to a new poverty measure released Wednesday by Indiana University and the Salvation Army.

Where Is Grant Money Needed the Most? Here’s a Nifty Tool That Can Tell You

(Oct. 7) – Charities working to reduce poverty can now take advantage of a new online tool that goes far beyond federal statistics in providing both regional and national data on basic human needs among the poor–and how those needs change over time.

Pope Francis, in Washington, Addresses Poverty and Climate

(Sep. 23) – Welcomed with a fanfare of trumpets and a chorus of amens, Pope Francis introduced himself to the United States on Wednesday with a bracing message on climate change, immigration and poverty that ranged from the pastoral to the political.