SOWK 5380: Poverty in the United States

The American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare's Grand Challenges Initiative champions 13 goals in its "social agenda," all of which intersect with the social problem of poverty.

• Ensure healthy development for all youth
• Close the health gap
• Build healthy relationships to end violence
• Advance long and productive lives
• Eradicate social isolation
• End homelessness
• Create social responses to a changing environment
• Harness technology for social good
• Eliminate racism
• Promote smart decarceration
• Reduce extreme economic inequality
• Build financial capability and assets for all
• Achieve equal opportunity and justice