Scarce Resources For Children And Families Within The Underserved And Impoverished Communities Of Tennessee

Who are America’s poor children? How many children in America are poor? What are some of the hardships that face poor children in America? These are only a few questions that we can ask ourselves when considering children who live in poverty in America. Children face monumental hardships in our country because of poverty or the condition of not possessing the means to afford basic human needs. The economic crisis that we find ourselves in today threatens to cause a dramatic increase in the number of America’s poor children; however poverty in America has long been a crisis that has faced the children of our nation. This essay will investigate the previous asked questions and research

Memphis is notoriously known for its shocking poverty rates, which are higher than the poverty rates in Shelby County for every category (2015 Memphis Poverty Fact Sheet), and that is not a good thing. Memphis is also known for its high unemployment rates and its low availability of a skilled workforce (Does Memphis Have a Fighting Chance), and that is not great, either. Finally, it is well known that Memphis has one of the highest crime rates in the country (Memphis TN: Crime Data and Crime Rates), and that just takes the cake. While it is common to focus on these negative aspects about Memphis, it is not a complete description of this multifaceted city. It is my position that there are many positive aspects to Memphis that are overlooked

The topic being addressed in this article is the changing association among marriage, work, and child poverty in the United States. There has been numerous research conducted on the importance of marriage and work and the link that it has to child poverty and the negative association that has been shown through research. However over many decades, there has been a transformation that marriage and work is no longer a negative association with child poverty. This study thoroughly examined the relationships between marriage, work, and the relative measures from 1974-2010 using 10 waves of the U.S. Census Current Populations Survey data from the Luxembourg Income Study. The influence of demographic characteristics that relate to poverty shows that marriage negative association with child poverty has declined whereas work’s negative association with child poverty has increased.

The United States is the richest nation, yet millions of Americans live below the poverty line and millions more struggle every month. The children in society today living in poverty is increasing daily. The majority of these children are from single-parent homes where sometimes parents are not working or have become disabled and therefore cannot work. Children who are raised in foster care and leave as adults do not have strong relationship ties most of the time and are at an increased risk for experiencing poverty, early parenthood and homelessness (American School Board Journal, 2007). The reason for most of the poverty in the United States is due to low family incomes.

In order to qualify for the program, the youth had to be between the ages of seventeen and twenty-three and a half years old, unemployed, and citizens of the U. S. They had to be over sixty inches and under seventy inches, and not less than one hundred and seven pounds. They also had to be single, pass a physical exam to ensure good health, and be able to produce a birth certificate or baptismal record revealing the occupant’s age, and sign up for a six month minimum service. They were at this time willing to donate $25 of their $30 per month towards their family. Applications in Houghton County could be picked up at the Laurium

Primary clients and stakeholders involved in the program are: teens, parents, volunteers, schools the teen court coordinator Tamisha Fletcher, judges, Teen Court Advisory Board, City of Arlington officials, and the community service agencies who provide work for teens to complete community service hours. The program’s success depends on

The name of the social program that I have come up with is called New Beginnings. This organization will be a community service program for the homeless population. Deciding on a place to put the organization is very important because it is best to try and target an area that is in need of the services. After some careful research the demographic area that I have chosen to place this

Educators and caregivers must understand that children come from diverse backgrounds. Children who live in poverty or low-income families face many challenges. When a child is from a low-income family, you must know and understand the obstacles the child and their families may face. There are many ways living in poverty can affect children and families; educationally, physically, and emotionally, cognitively, and socially. There are resources available and beneficial information to encourage and benefit families who live in poverty or low-income families.

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

Since it is implied that crime is more prevalent in the inner city area, steps should be taken to improve the inner city areas. Community involvement programs and additional police involvement should be implimented. Hiring additional law enforcement would be an option as long as the funding is available. Since high security is available and appears to work in the tourist areas around Elvis home and the zoo, adding officers to the other areas should assist some. However, as someone who has visited Memphis often, I am aware of the lack of officers and the difficulty in hiring and keeping ethitical officers. A city wide cleanup should be implimented to help the inhabatints have a better sence of price in their area. If possible a tax credit could be implimented for those who keep their property cleaned and repaired. For those with out funds to do repairs themselves, the city could pay for the

Definition and Explanation of TermsPoverty is defined as a family of four living on $22,050 a year or less(http://liheap.ncat.org/profiles/povertytables/FY2010/popstate.htm). “Dire poverty,” one theother hand, “is defined as a family whose annual after-tax income is less than half of the federal poverty line- -in 2008, $10,325 or less for a family of four” (The Urban Child Institute“Recession Induced Dire Poverty and homelessness in Shelby County” 2). However, there is noconsensus as to how one should accurately define poverty (Wax 1998).Cognitive Development is the development of a person’s brain development (morespecifically, a young child’s brain development) (Peairson et al. 2008). The more things a person’s brain is capable of handling

The purpose of this research is to attain information about adolescent mothers in the child welfare system, and their inability to stay with their children in proper care and receive education on parenting skills. This research is to emphasis that stabilized homes for adolescent mothers in the child welfare system are important for the well-being of this population. The study will conduct a survey based revision for current CPCH staff and CPS-Denton County Supervisors on their understanding of the necessity to begin a program based group home for this vulnerable population

It is known that the children are unable to determine their life circumstances, their families, and care solely for themselves without supervision. With this being said, children have little to no jurisdiction in determining the situations that they are confronted with. Most of the time when we ponder child poverty we think of low-income families or lack of food in the household, but it extends beyond that to “an environment that is damaging to their mental, physical, emotional and spiritual development” (“Children Under Threat,” 2005). Unfortunately, the prevalence of youth poverty in the United States may seem uncommon to those who are personally unaffected by the crisis; however, statistics show that 15 million children (21% of all children) live in families with incomes below the federal poverty threshold (Child Poverty, 2017). Moreover, when considering the demographics of impoverished children the following are true: a child in the U.S. has a 1 in 5 chance of being poor and the younger they are the poorer they are likely to be, and a child of color is more than twice as likely to be poor than a White child (Child Poverty, 2017). Research proves that poverty is the single greatest threat to a child’s well-being as it decreases the likelihood of a child graduating from high school, and it increases the chances of them becoming involved with the criminal justice system (Ending Child Poverty Now, 2017).

This report will confront the issue at the Sheridan County YMCA and its lack of space for its After School Program. Over the last eight years since the program’s start it has become a wonderful opportunity for families in need of childcare in the hours between the children’s release from school and when they get off work. The program has gained a promising reputation, that being said, it has also gained a hefty waitlist of parents in hopes of their children being accepted into the program.

Therefore, the goal of the program is to build the Southern Kentucky Community Center in order to expand programs and a fitness area into a bigger space in 2016, beside the Lifeline Home Care in Burkesville. The facility will provide for our main programs, such as, teaching youths to be more involved within the community on a regular bases as well as providing empowerment to teens and adults who are considered at-risk, art and physical education classes, drug use counseling, education and advisement for adults on employment opportunities as well as resume building. Through offering these programs, then we can allow for residents to have unlimited access to our facility to help aid them in their future.