The stories I can remember being told as a child such as having to live in the "projects" in the Bronx, New York, not having any food to eat and having to wear the same clothes everyday, have always made me wonder how people in those situations are able to survive with such little income and so little support. ... Being that my church has a food pantry that provides dinners for many poor families in the area, he is very familiar with many families living in impoverished situations in Washington. ... The family he wanted me to contact was the Castillo family. He informed me that they were a Pue...

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In todays society, many single mothers have to depend on the welfare system and low wage employment as a source of income to support their family. In many instances this is the only means of survival and the only way they can afford to feed their families. ... Mothers these days also face the challenges of raising there children alone and not have a decent source of income to support them and their families. ... Many single mothers do not depend solely of welfare to feed there families, the income that the government provides usually is not enough to support all of there basic needs. Many wome...

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This subsequent inflation of agriculture and livestock costs, will ultimately end up on the dinner tables of Central Florida families, and their children. ... The Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida's primary goal is to see that local families in need can find relief when it comes to hunger and poverty. ... Second Harvest is a national network of local, and regional support centers throughout the United States and Canada. Their primary role is to supply the food needed by support agencies on the front lines of our war on economic hardship, and potential famine. ... Perhaps...

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A poverty line is set, and this line is an average income amount that is set to show how much it would cost to support a given family. ... So let's say that our example family has two parents and two children. ... It's her laziness that keeps her family in poverty. Welfare is supposed to be a last resort, used only when parents can't support their family. ... If we get rid of this option of welfare for the people capable of supporting themselves, it will make them work for what they get and to help the economy and themselves. ...

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They have raised the standards of most Americans to support the fast growth of bigger, expensive housing. ... Also with these problems comes the lack of welfare for families with children. These families are being laid-off from jobs and end up working in low paying jobs. ... Those with this problem cannot support themselves and are soon left with out homes and family to take care of them. ... Some injuries put Americans into a useless stage where they are unable to support themselves. ...

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The problem of poverty can be partially tackled by welfare-government programmes that provides money,food and other necessities to the old,sick and others who cannot support their family on their current income.Although these programmes aid the needy they have been criticized on a number of grounds.Firstly,they are expensive and put pressure on the national economy.Secondly,there are a number of people who claim aid even though their salaries are sufficient for the maintenance of their families. ... The problem of poverty can be partially tackled by welfare-government programmes that provide...

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The next important reason why parents abandon their children is the crisis of the family institution. As a result of young men's mortality, divorces, and illegitimate childbirth, there are a lot of families with a single parent. These families have insufficient opportunities for support and education for their children. ... For today, there is no state structure which would be responsible for social or psychological conditions of families in Russia. ... There is no system which would individually support each child who has got in a difficult situation. ...

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As a human service professional I would get to know the Runaway for example, learn about their family history, friends and education. ... I will encourage them to join a support group for individuals in similar situations. ... If possible I would like to bring together the family and refer them to a family therapist for counseling. ... I will encourage them to join a support group both individual as well as groups where they will have emotional help and know they are not alone. ... The human service professional acts as a representative to help, support, and, empower individuals, groups, fam...

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As a human service professional I would get to know the Runaway for example, learn about their family history, friends and education. ... I will encourage them to join a support group for individuals in similar situations. ... If possible I would like to bring together the family and refer them to a family therapist for counseling. ... I will encourage them to join a support group both individual as well as groups where they will have emotional help and know they are not alone. ... The human service professional acts as a representative to help, support, and, empower individuals, groups, fam...

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It unified these two programs under Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF). ... In order for the public to support aid to people they must see good reason for it. ... It began to be viewed as a government handout that supported people who were using the system. ... It can also be seen as a failure, in that only 9 percent of TANF families have a working family member. ... The program is set up to be a pay-as-you-go system, this means that today's workers are supporting today's retirees. ...

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Philip's food pantry gives food to homeless or low income families every 3 weeks on Tuesdays and Saturdays. ... Four families can shop at a time. ... Discussion points might include why did you select the particular non- profit; how effective was the non-profit managed; would you support this non-profit financially if you had the resources? I selected this nonprofit agency because it helps the homeless and low income families. ... I would most definitely support this pantry if I had the financially ability and resources. 4. ...

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Children work to help their families, to pay for school and survive. The contribution of a child's income or labor at home can move a family from hunger to sufficiency. ... Even when the whole family works, their total income can be less than dollar a day. If a child cannot study, then the cycle of poverty is repeated and the poor family will never get out of the slum. ... People in rich countries can help by supporting small grass-roots groups. ...

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Children work to help their families, to pay for school and survive. The contribution of a child's income or labor at home can move a family from hunger to sufficiency. ... Even when the whole family works, their total income can be less than dollar a day. If a child cannot study, then the cycle of poverty is repeated and the poor family will never get out of the slum. ... People in rich countries can help by supporting small grass-roots groups. ...

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The four basic institutions of family, religion, education and mass media in the Philippines are quite concerned about this phenomenon of social stratification. ... While this is happening, the family and the education institutions support in one way or another the trend of action as a matter of lessening the impact. One initiative that I have noted is the fast growing movement being done by a renewed Catholic community, the Couples for Christ, which is family-based with far reaching influence in educational and media establishments. ... In one of its programs for alleviating poverty, Gawa...

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Our government is always trying to think of ways to reduce poverty, get people out of poverty-related situations and how to help those that need financial support. ... Poverty is defined as the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor. ... Another cause of poverty in America is family dynamic. In 2012 alone, more than 24,725,000 families in the United States are single parent households. ... Most of these families go into deep debt and can't find the means to pay it off, even if they are working more than one job to try and keep ...

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According to a recent study [3] of young, non-custodial fathers who are behind on their child-support payments, less than half of these men were living with their own father at age 14. ... The 1990 Census shows that 2.9 million children resided in a female-headed family within a neighborhood where most of the families were headed by women. ... Men, Money, and Marriage The absence of a father from a family has many implications, but among the most predictable results is lower family income. ... In 1993 the poverty rate for female-headed families was 36 percent compared to 7 percent for those ...

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For example, gender, race, religion, family background and social status determine how successful one may be. ... The objective of the welfare system is move people from depending on the government to supporting themselves. ... The people within the Democratic Party are liberal people that support the welfare system. By supporting the welfare system the Democratic will receive more votes in an election. Since the Democratic Party is trying to get be the majority party in the government, supporting the welfare system would be a political advantage. ...

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This means 42% of the economically active population makes between US $4.25 and US $ 8.50 an hour, not enough to maintain a family. ... (Mexico's poverty gap widens) The United States would advise a way to help get Mexico on the right track but the United States is not going to support them with the money. ... Well-fare is where the government will fund families who are in dire need of money. Along with well=fare they could have a career search for the adults in the family. ... (Mexico's Poverty Gap) Fare-fare is a good idea for many families that haven't started out to well, ...

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Children were forced to work at a young age to help support their family. ... No education was provided for these children, only the children of wealthy families were educated. ... In conclusion children that were poor had to work to help their families put food on the table. ...

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Since this finding of female headed houses was found the studies were extended onto Latino families. ... Most jobs that pay well enough money for a family to sustain their need is found in an urban area. Wilson's structural theory of poverty states the decline of manufacturing, the loss of jobs to suburbs, and the loss of employment is dramatically reducing the number of inner city jobs that pay enough to support a family. ... Until recently many farms were family owned and the family owned both the land and the equipment. ... Males when looking for a profession usually are looking for a ...

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Peter supports this claim by saying Americans should redirect all income not spent on necessities to organizations who help overseas needy people because it's our moral responsibility. ... Singer's argument places the blame for a world of poverty related problems squarely on the shoulders of every American family. ... The truth is that the average American family is just doing a perfectly good job at living in a capitalistic society. ... But then these healthy children, who have been handed everything in life and can't possibly, through no fault of their own, support themselv...

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Young women turn to prostitution as the only way to support themselves. ... If the young women of London were not working in the factories, it is very possible that they were supporting themselves by prostitution. ... Most likely, these girls were abandoned by their families because of poverty, death or both. If not, the girls themselves abandoned their families because of alcohol. ... Many people would leave their homes and families, choosing gin instead of responsibility. ...

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Our journey was aboard a crowded ship, and we were barely able to afford the third class tickets for my family. ... After they had been done with inspections, I spent hours looking for my family. ... My families' efforts paid off in the long run. We had made our home, raised our children and had a strong support network and our culture changed, but we have never forgotten where we came. ... We worked hard, lived well, and my family became stronger. ...

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In addition, the government is tackling the poverty issue by raising benefits for non-working families. ... The US has successfully raised work among low income families, but the sort of cuts in benefits for non-working families that brought this about are unlikely to be politically viable here. Furthermore, although employment rates are much higher in the US for low-income families, because many of these are on low pay, poverty rates remain high for these individuals. ... The problem with this is that there is not much evidence to support this view. ... It is esse...

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Since most of Swaziland is poverty stricken, family is all people have, so it carries a lot of value. ... Many families make their money by selling their goods at these markets. Although they are such an impoverished country, their culture is much more materialistic because they work extremely hard in order to make a living and be able to support their families. ... A man chooses his wife based on her family's wealth and in order to marry her, he must pay her father a certain amount that the father chooses. ...

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