Resources

Great Websites

Food Stamp Calculator
http://www.snap-step1.usda.gov/fns/index.jsp

Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute: Self-Sufficiency Standard
http://www.coloradoselfsufficiencystandardcalculator.org/ColoradoCalculator/Home.aspx

The Center for Women's Welfare (National Self-Sufficiency Standards by State)

http://www.selfsufficiencystandard.org/

Denver’s Road Home. The 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness
http://www.denversroadhome.org/

Bread for the World*

http://www.bread.org/

Movies

The Pursuit of Happyness
The Soloist

Books and Articles

The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne

Under the Overpass by Mike Yankoski

A Shelter in Our Car by Monica Gunning*

A Kids Guide to Homelessness and Hunger:  How to Take Action! by Cathryn  Berger Kaye M.A.*

A Castle on Viola Street by DyAnne Di Salvo*

Million-Dollar Murray by Malcolm Gladwell available in his recent book, What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures

* Great for kids