Catholic Community Services Helps Poverty-Stricken Community in Utah

Fortunately there are programs that assist families in crisis and can help to feed the children of the United States; however the number of hungry children is growing. Child hunger in the United States has been described as an increasingly complex problem and has been called the “silent epidemic.” (Goldstein, 2009)

During my second week of my community health hours, I was placed at River City Food Bank. River City Food Bank’s main goal is to lessen hunger in the Sacramento region by offering healthy food and assistance to vulnerable populations. They do not only provide healthy food but they also provide nutrition education and counseling. In addition, they provide diapers for babies and the older population. They also provide health services for mothers and assist them with contraceptives and other important education for their women daily life. Their mission is to help people from all ages, from homeless to the working poor and families who are struggling.

Thesis Statement: The Houston Food Bank uses the efforts of volunteers as well as donations to support the reduction of hunger in the community.

As the US national debt nears $20 trillion, government programs are being looked to be cut, one of those being the SNAP program. SNAP is a federal program which offers nutrition assistance to low income families, by use of food-stamps, while also providing economic benefits to communities (“Supplemental”). SNAP is the largest program in domestic hunger safety (“Supplemental”), the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) works with nutrition educators, faith based organizations, and neighborhood organizations to help those eligible for the SNAP program make informed decisions about applying (“Supplemental”). The FNS also works with the retail community and State partners to improve the program’s integrity and administration (“Supplemental”). The SNAP

Ruby Payne spoke about poverty in A Framework for Understanding Poverty in a way that is helpful for my church to further understand the issue of poverty in our community. The attributes of this book will help my church to better serve and address issues regarding poverty throughout our church and throughout our community. Some of the key points that resided with my thoughts were that “poverty occurs in all races and in all countries.” (Payne, 10) As much as I believe this is common sense, common sense is not so common to everyone. There are so many stereotypes of what poverty looks like. The idea of who poverty affects has been a misleading depiction that predominantly focuses on specific racial or geographical sectors. It is

For my research essay, it is crucial to understand that those who need emergency food tend to go to food pantries; this helps my arguments and will be placed in my body paragraphs

Poverty is a human services issue that is spread throughout the nation and world. ‘The percentage of children who are poor is more than three times as high in the United States as it is in Norway or the Netherlands.’ (Porter, 2016) The trend since 2000 is that there is an increasing amount of families, and in turn children, living in poverty. Poverty has been defined as the state of being extremely poor. But what does that mean? Poverty is the lack of financial, emotional, spiritual, mental, and physical resources. Children cannot change their situation because they are dependent on adults to provide for them which makes poverty easily passed from generation to generation. “Poverty directly and indirectly affects

Urban Ministries of Wake County’s mission statement is “advocating for those affected by poverty.” In this case, they are aligning with their mission. For about 35 years, they have met the critical needs for their community and each year they have to serve more than 27,000 low-income of Wake County residents. They have been helping the community by providing basic needs such as food, medicine and shelter. Furthermore, they help clients to build a higher quality of life.

Have you ever seen a child somewhere and you just want to help them and let them know that they matter? Every time I see a child on the street that is wearing dirty clothes, I want to take them to the store and let them pick out their favorite clothes. Because I would love to work for an organization that helps youth in the community, I chose to do my project on the Lowcountry Orphan Relief, Inc. This incorporation is located in North Charleston, South Carolina. Lowcountry Orphan Relief also known as LOR has existed for 12 years. In this paper, I am going to give you information about this program and how they help the adolescents of the city who are not taken care of adequately or are completely neglected. The mission of LOR is “to provide basic

People think that because there are people that are living well or because they live in major cities like new york city, people mostly think everybody is doing well, but sadly is not the truth there are several families going through hard time trying to find food for their child or just enough to feed them, day by day. According to (feedingamerica.org, 2016) there are 13.1 million of children in america under the age of 18 years that are hunger everyday and in their house they no able to find food for themselves. This paper is a matter of human services, because there are people who are in need and need the help of different institutions to move on and stay

The homeless and low-income families have numerous resources available like the Interfaith Church that offers a Soup Kitchen Supplemental Nutrition program that is made up of these sources: commodity supplemental food program, emergency food program, food assistance, and USDA commodity program. The number of soup kitchen meals served peaked in July to just over 50,000, and were the lowest in April at just under 40,000. Majority of their clientele is homeless adults. Another good resource is Social services that can assist with charitable healthcare, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or S.N.A.P. These programs help to provide access to health care and proper food and nutrition. The Affordable Housing Project offers studio apartments, 1-bedroom

Last year there were 42 million Americans that lived in homes that were food insecure, and of those 42 million approximately 29 million were adults and 13 million were children. North Carolina accounted for nearly 16% of that 42 million, resulting in a little more that 6.5 million who are in need locally. I am James Coe the director of contributions for “The Need to Feed Foundation.” We are a publicly recognized doer of good and have helped define the industry standard as a leader in the NonProfit Sector for food banks. Last year we raised 250 thousand dollars and successfully served over 1 million people in need by using donations provided by generous people like you.

Galveston County Food Bank’s main objective is to receive, warehouse and distribute nutritional food through collaborative partnerships with churches, schools, charitable organizations and social service agencies providing direct services to low income residents. The Food Bank is requesting $120,000 in United Way support for its Agency Services program, which incorporates food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, senior living facilities and other participating agencies. Providing the agencies access to nutritious food at low or no costs allows them to dedicate their resources in providing their clients with services that will lead to better health and self-sufficiency.

Many area charities focus on the short term survival needs of the area’s homeless population, and provide food and supplies to them by traveling from area to area to reach them. These charities policy feed anyone. From the hardcore homeless population to a family down on their luck, their patrons include drug addicts, criminals and vagrants just passing through town. They have information on the resources available, but it is not standardized and these organizations and individuals are not coordinated in any

In order to increase the capacity to nourish low -income families and to enhance food purchasing and preparation skills, a six-week cooking program, Cooking for a Cause, will be implemented in the local food pantry, Christ the King Food Pantry, in Concord, NH. Studies have shown that community nutrition intervention leads to a significant increases in self-reported knowledge of food preparation, positive food purchasing practices, and confidence in following a recipe and carrying out basic cooking skills. The Concord community is largely composed of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries and low-income individuals who are faced with the challenge of inadequate health, education, and resources. The goal of Cooking for a Cause is to increase capacity to nourish low-income families on a budget and to enhance food purchasing and preparation skills. Short term objectives for the program are that during the first year of this program, at least four, six-week programs will be conducted.