EiJ Concept: Equity
A critical exploration of the concept of equity.
EnviroInjustice Researchers
Enviornmental injustice researcher's program pages.
Environmental Injustice Concepts
Digital collection of resources for understanding and using critical concepts to characterize and respond to environmental injustice.
Environmental Injustice Reading
Collections of readings that examine and conceptualize environmental injustice.
COVID-19 Alert Project
This essay will provide a portal into work in response to COVID-19.
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) are two agencies that many low-income families are enrolled in. WIC provides nutritious food for pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants and children up to the age of five; it is specifically available for household up to 185 percent of the federal poverty lines. SNAP provides low-income families with nutritious food.
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This study determines if childhood blood lead levels correlate with educational achievement. They studied this through standardized test scores.
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The sources of resilience come when the economy improves. This graph shows that the poverty rate had increased from 2008-2009 because of the recession the country went through.
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Some vulnerabilities affecting Essex county include households an influx of headed by one parent, births by unmarried women, and weak family economic security.
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Lamy uses quotes, specific policies and programs, and statistics involving child development. She discusses how SNAP, WIC, Housing First, EITC, and other programs and policies can be supported in housing, food, health, and jobs.