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GUEST: Marge Nicols, United Way’s Director of Research for more than 20 years, currently a consultant

United Way of Greater Los Angeles recently released their “2007: The State of Women in Los Angeles County” Report. In it, the organization examines critical trends in education, the economy, housing and health. The report also focuses on strategies to help low income women get on a path to take them and their families out of poverty. For the five million women and girls in Los Angeles, poverty is a serious threat, particularly for woman-headed households, child care is a make-or break issue for working women — half of all women make less than what they need in order to afford childcare. Additionally, nearly 40 percent of the county’s homeless population of 88,000 is made up of women and children. 32 percent of homeless school-age children are not attending school.

Download the report at: http://www.unitedwayla.org/wlbtg/07WL_Report_5.pdf

United Way LA is online at www.unitedwayla.org.

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