Anti Poverty Programs Research Paper

“The federal government currently funds 126 separate anti-poverty programs at an annual cost of $688 billion. Of these, 72 provide cash or other benefits directly to poor families” (Tanner). Welfare is a broken system that needs to be fixed because it is teaching the current generation the wrong way to live, encourages people to not work for what they need or want, and lacks accountability for how or where the money is being spent.

According to the Census Bureau 25.6 percent of White Center residence live in poverty, which is greater than the national average. A leading cause of poverty is not having access to higher education. I believe this is a problem because children are the ones affected most by poverty. According to the Census Bureau, 42.4 percent of children in White Center under the age of 5 and 49% of 16 to 17 year olds live in poverty. The families that face the most poverty are single female households with no husband present, at 51.3 percent. Unemployment is a leading cause of poverty. The unemployment rate at White Center, WA 26% higher than the national average. I believe this is a problem that needs to be addressed because housing prices in the Seattle

A study conducted by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) asserted that federal assistance lifts millions of people out of poverty. Government aid programs also provide access to affordable health care for Americans who would not be able to afford it otherwise. These programs have also been structured in a way, due to Earned Income Tax Incentives, that promote work to a much stronger degree than they deter it. In fact, federal and White House analysts believe that had it not been for safety-net programs the poverty rate in 2011 would have been almost twice as high as it ended up being — 29% instead of 16%. While a 16% poverty rate is extremely disheartening, having one in six Americans living in poverty is better than one in three. In all, we need to continue entitlement programs because they flat out work in contributing to the needs of all

Americans associate poverty as a negative thing, and find themselves working in many ways to decrease and eliminate poverty. However,The Poverty Elimination Act will only help those in poverty, who earn a paycheck. In fact, the bill is very likely to hurt those in poverty rather than help them. The bill eliminates Entitlement programs such as, welfare programs, which are funded by the government, and in return gives people who are in poverty and earning a scheduled paycheck, negative income tax. The bill leaves out 5.5% registered unemployed citizens and many more unregistered citizens who cannot find a job or is physically and/or mentally incapable of working without access to food or shelter. Again, this bill only affects the working class

“Did you know that one in eight homes struggle to put food on the table” (Salvation Army, 2014). Poverty is a problem that creates a bigger problem in a problem. In Canada, Canada uses three different measurements for poverty. In Canada there are populations that are at a higher risk of being in poverty then others. There are effects that affect individuals, families, and a whole population. Also, Canada has ways of benefiting families that are in poverty that need help. Therefore, Canada has done a lot to help prevent poverty but, unfortunately it helps for a short term.

There were a multitude of stakeholders during and after the “War on Poverty”. The most important stakeholders included the impoverished, President Johnson, his wife “Lady-Bird” , and President Kennedy. Although President Kennedy was assassinated before the “War on Poverty” legislation was passed by Congress, the “War on Poverty” came about from his ideas. “Lady-Bird” had a positive impact on women and they were influenced by her kindness and compassion for the impoverished. She motivated the women to read and teach writing to the children whom experiencing

The “War on Poverty”, introduced by former US President, Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union address, was the unofficial name for legislation. President Johnson delivered his "War on Poverty" speech at a time of recovery in which the poverty level had fallen from 22.4% in 1959 to 19% in 1964. Critics saw it as an effort to get the United States Congress to authorize social welfare programs. [1] During Johnson’s 1964 Presidential campaign, he often spoke about his vision for America.

In providing economic security, the United States is failing compared to the democracies of European countries. The United States “has the most inefficient welfare system in the Western world” (Patterson, 2013). In the United States, it is hard for people to qualify for assistance in a public assistance program, as the eligibility criteria can be perplexing. Many programs are complicated and have no sliding eligibility scale. For instance, a person who makes $495 in monthly income could be eligible to receive a specific benefit, where another person making $500 in income a month could be ineligible (Patterson, 2013). There are many instances where people who are considered “poor” to society try to qualify for a particular program but make too

Poverty Level Matters Poverty flat in a school division had the strongest impact on dropout rates,

In this unit we looked at different policies for breaking the cycle of poverty and lifting people out of it. This cycle is isn’t impossible to break but it can seem like it to the people inside. Growing up in poverty raises the chance for a child to stay under the poverty line when they group. While there are obviously policies to help break the cycle, this is obviously still a big enough problem to millions of Americans. The inability to break this cycle creates a large barrier to people in poverty to escape.

Majority of government programs are “designed to prevent destitution by providing protection against major personal economic hazards such as unemployment, sickness, invalidity, old age, and the death of the breadwinner” (Altmeyer, n.d.). And there are over 65 million Americans benefitting from some sort of

President Lyndon Baines Johnson declared a war on poverty, with the stated goal of not just reducing poverty, but eradicating it. Decades and trillions of dollars later, poverty continues to plague our society. Despite the fact that the Federal and State governments have vastly expanded the welfare safety net, the US poverty rate has remained at around 15% for the past three years. As US social programs expand, providing ever more benefits, the chance of dependency increases. Thereby trapping welfare recipients in the very system designed to assist them. The US welfare system should be changed so as to assist and motivate recipients into weaning off of the welfare system and not becoming dependent on the welfare programs. This paper will discuss two welfare programs that may be making the poverty situation worse rather than better and an idea that may be critical

After attending to the Diversity Conference held at the Parker Arts, Culture & Events Center, it opened my mind to ideas that I never could have thought of. The idea is that the problem is not only the individual fault, but it is also the system fault. After comprehending this idea and seeing the invitation to the UN Commission on the Status of Women, I realized that I should be one of the individual that should gain more knowledge of the topic and take action to change the system.

On the path of finding ways that alleviate poverty situation, Nguyen Lam Vien, also known as founder and current president holding biggest stock in Vinamit company; his beginning ideas was emerged from graduation project with topic in regard to jackfruit. Simultaneously, the food processing industry launched technology of vacuumed package that made company’s founder to invest on new products, dried jackfruit and banana. At first, the name of company was Duc Thanh and by the years of 1990s, it was renamed with Vinamit in which “Vina” is represented for Vietnam and “mit” is referred to the meaning of jackfruit. These types of products surprisingly were not aimed to be awaited for customers who will come to and try. The founder himself has brought samples of dried fruit to test on some markets in Taiwan and sell locally with customers as an alternative snack. Afterward, the surrounding market has spread out further for Vietnam dried fruit to be introduced with tropical fruit and embraced new clients who love to seek novel food. In this aspect, Vinamit literally put a notable switch on their investment plan and sell to various potential customers under the form of utilizing international strategies that go hand in hand with exporting market.

Since 2009, Guangdong province has developed a unique pattern in poverty alleviation and development called “Double To”, that is, “Plan to Every Household, Responsibility to People”.