• Poverty Summit Overview
Based on evalutions, participation and outcomes, the 2008 Voices for Action Poverty Summit was an incomparable success that launched a statewide effort to reduce poverty and maximize economic opportunity for all.

• Poverty Summit On You Tube
Press conferences, interviews and other presentations are on YouTube. Check it out.

• Pictures from the 2008 Poverty Summit
Visit this Shutterfly site to view an album of photographs from the Voices for Action Poverty Summit. There is no cost to view the photos.

• Michigan Community Action Agency Association

• Michigan League for Human Services

• First Focus: The Cost of Doing Nothing. 
An addition of three million children to the ranks of the poor would mean an overall economic loss of at least $1.7 trillion over the lifetime of these children.

• The Center for American Progress
Childhood poverty is estimated to cost the United States at $500 billion per year in lost productivity and earnings, increased health care costs and increased crime. Read the full report.

• Michigan's Early Childhood Investment Corporation

• Children's Trust Fund

• Michigan's Children