Private organizations often focus their funds toward specific groups or religious affiliations which means that the nations poorest may be left without needed assistance causing the poverty cycle to continue in the poorest families and communities. ... Instead of teaching individuals how to cope with their current issues, the worker can work with the organization and outlying foundations to find a way to help this child obtain the necessary treatment in order to maintain the highest quality of life for the child. ... Human service workers changed gears and instead of fighting for the rights a...

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Her focus is on the status of poverty in the media. In her study, she found that between 1981 and 1986 an average of 32 stories per year were focused on poverty. ... News on television seems more focused on crime, scandals, and sports. ... Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Series P60-210, Table B-1). ... In my opinion, this shows that social welfare and poverty are not currently near the top of legislators priorities. ...

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(8) As easy as it seems it is also frustrating that our political leaders in both the White House and Congress have shifted away from the need to address the systematic causes of homelessness and focus nearsightedly and simplistically on the individual responsibility of those who become homeless for the misfortune deemed to be of their own making. ... For 28 percent of homeless people, their current episode has lasted three months or less, but for 30 percent it has lasted for more than two years. ... Current TANF benefits and food stamps combined are below the poverty level in every state. ....

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The homeless population is one that is extremely vulnerable and marginalized; it is one that has seen considerable growth in Canada recently "with many people currently at risk of becoming homeless. ... The argument stands that the current health care system in place does not effectively address the health care needs of the homeless population (Currie, Greaves, Golden, & Latimer, 1999, p. 103). ... These clinics have much of the same characteristics as any family physicians office, in which the focus of care is on immediate care for acute illness, screening, and health education. ... The ...

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As privileged Americans, many of us are unaware of the alarming number of individuals that are currently being smuggled from their homes and taken from their families as we live in ignorant bliss. ... From the blood, sweat, and tears of the slaves we worked to the very brink of death, to the modern day slaves that are currently being deprived of their basic human rights all across the United States, it is evident that slavery has never truly ceased to exist in our country. ... Instead of spending billions of dollars on national security abroad, the money should be focused towards improving the...

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India is currently investing in renewable energy projects in order to create jobs along with providing clean energy for the country. ... Because there are not as many available jobs as there are potential workers, the employers force the currently employed to take very little pay or they get fired. In order to help the poorest people stuck in the bottom of the caste system, we must educate current and upcoming generations about the problems that are associated with the caste system. ... With a current world population of around 7 billion people, that is enough food to feed about one and a half...

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This essay will examine the causes of homelessness, with a focus on lack of affordable housing which shows that homelessness cannot be prevented without recognising this. ... Currently the full-time minimum wage is $16.37 per hour this is $572.95 a week. ... An additional $7.5 million for new housing and support programs to help 100 homeless people currently in the inner city to find stable homes in suburban and regional areas. ...

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A focus group made up of administrators, providers and enrollment workers, at four sites which serve the homeless, throughout the country reported findings that the Medicaid expansion has enabled patients to access many services that they could not obtain while they were uninsured. ... Another 14 million Americans who are currently uninsured will be able to receive government financial assistance when they buy coverage through their state's health insurance exchange. ... Their focus is often on whether they will have a place to sleep that night, a meal to eat the next day and how they...

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Economic questions focus on if a certain reform will deliver retirement, survivor, and disability benefits, and how the reform would affect the economy overall. The political questions focus on what could be legislated now and how plans might evolve overtime, addressing needs of changing demographics. ... Also, initial benefit reductions or decreasing COLA benefits, affecting current retirees, are options that could prevent raising the age. ... The tax cap is currently at $113,700. ...

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There are people in society who cannot focus on education and health because they only earn enough to cover their basic needs. Through this suggestion, they can not only cover their basic needs but focus on important things such as education to be applicable for better jobs and contribute to the society which fits in my view as it is stated in the liberalism ideology "social entitlements are respected, including a certain standard of living and access to decent education, health care and accommodation" (Turner & Turner, 28). ... In The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Al...

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The article "Early care and Education for Children in Immigrant Families," written by Karoly and Gonzalez, examine the current role of and future possibility that early care and education (ECE) programs have in promoting healthy development for immigrant children. ... Karoly and Gonzalez, however, focus their study on participation patterns specifically of immigrant children. ... Patterns such as this have been confirmed in their studies by data taken from the 2000 Census and the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study- KIndergarten Cohort (ECLS-K) with a focus exclusively on preschool childre...

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The primary focus of the United Nations in the 21st century should be reducing poverty throughout the world because it will help advance people's health and the economy. ... Eradicating poverty should be a main focus of the U.N. because it will recover the health and well being of the people. ... Poverty should also be a primary focus of the United Nations because a decrease in poverty around the world will better develop and improve the economy both within the country and worldwide. ... Currently, the rich-poor gap only continues to increase. ... Therefore, these people feel it shoul...

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Introduction Homelessness is not new to our nation, and it has greatly increased over the past ten years. (Hombs, 1-4) For growing numbers of people, work provides little, if any, protection against homelessness. Low national un-employment levels do not mean that all working people are well-off. (...

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Currently, there is no doubt that poverty exists in many homes and communities across the nation. ... Lara, now a father, meets with a youth group and recently enrolled in a charter school for "At-risk students that focuses on independent learning" (Rivera and Berkeley 3). ... The program aims to increase high school graduation rates by focusing on engaging parents and children to succeed. ... Communities are experiencing accomplishments with collaborative endeavors that focus on the entire family. ... Thus, teachers are able to focus on a specific child's needs. ...

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Instead of being involved with gangs and crime, he focused on his music and spirituality. ... Marley paved the road for reggae musicians that many current artists can now travel on. ... Marley's large use of marijuana spread the weed culture throughout the world and has been influential in the current push for legalization throughout America and the rest of the world. ...

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The selected articles focus on the ideas of food shortage and economics, and the impact of the East-African food crisis. ... The current production level is not sustainable, and thus if forced to continue at the current rate, other fields around the world will also fail. ...

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Philanthropic Colonialism The exclusionary designing and imposition of global development agendas (with their focus on poverty reduction, without first having economic growth). 22. ... In the 1970's, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. ... Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Sirleaf is the current president of Liberia. ...

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There is currently now a five year limit on the amount of time a family can receive money from this organization, because Congress is trying to emphasize putting the recipients to work at jobs with which they can then support themselves. ... Part of the reason for the recent trend towards more financing of childcare is because economics now focuses more on the infrastructure to support business and the quality of life, and less on creating jobs, technical assistance and job training. ... Most studies do not focus on the last element of effects, but rather on only the direct, indirect, and the ...

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According to Harris, countries fail to focus on creating employment opportunities for its growing population resulting in poverty because the nation cannot sustain the entire population (491). ... The issue of globalization intends to help improve the countries develop as a block but with the current state there is still differences across the world making it difficult to get rid of poverty. ... Some countries tackle poverty with their methods that they do not want to share with other countries making it difficult to go past the current poverty state. ...

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The article mainly focused on how changing early childhood poverty is very important and how it affects a child in the long run if something is not done to improve there situation. It focused a lot on how there educational achievements are at a low compared to those who are not part of a poor family. ... The purpose of the current study is to examine the effects of childhood neglect and childhood family and neighbor- hood poverty on PTSD, MDD, academic achievement, and crime assessed in young adulthood. ...

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This grain combined the current production of other foods such as meat, fruits, vegetables, and nuts is enough to provide each adult and child on earth 3000 calories a day which is what the average American consumes. ... Most often times these private organizations such as "Feed the Children" and the "Christian Children's Fund" focus on small-scale projects directed toward the third world countries. ...

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We need to help the current members of society who are homeless and are willing to work and get back on their feet. ... People that make little to no income often have a lot on their plate to focus on not to include housing. ...

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The Countries I will be focusing on will be Nigeria, Ethiopia and India and assessing the progress towards reaching these goals. ... On the other hand, it is easy to predict that some Third World countries that currently are rich because of immense reserves of natural wealth while not being burdened with large populations.In our modern world, wealth depends on trade, in goods or services. ...

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With a poverty stricken population and lack of funding to help those who don't have the resources for good nutrition, it is hard for Bolivia to quickly recover from their current state. ... This approach also recognizes that malnutrition is not purely a medical issues but also requires a focus on the social and economic factors of the community. ...

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