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¶ … child is safe," Edelman states, "Young families of all races, on whom we count to raise healthy children for American's future, are in extraordinary trouble. They have suffered since early 1970s a frightening cycle of plummeting earnings, a near doubling of birth rates among unmarried women, increasing number of single- parent families, falling-income and skyrocketing poverty rates." Other sources support Edelman's belief that poverty is a significant problem for many of America's children. Poverty is a serious problem for our nation, and one that will not easily be solved.
Both individual states and the federal government, concerned about the rising cost of welfare payments, have attempted to force people off welfare by adding restrictions. For instance, in some states, the guardian parent of children (typically the mother) can only be on welfare for a finite number of years. While the policy is understandable, it does not reflect the reality some poor mothers face. In Missouri, for instance, a young woman...
She had been on welfare and reluctantly re-applied for it so she would have some way to support her children, but was turned down. Because of previous periods on welfare when she could not work, she had met the state's five-year total limit (Friedlin, PAGE).
This mother is not an isolated case. The Philadelphia Inquirer recently reported that more than half of the children living in Philadelphia county between the ages of 5 and 17 live in poverty (Philadelphia Tribune, PAGE). Poverty by itself might not be a crisis except that childhood poverty correlates with other significant societal problems. Research shows that children from poor families have fewer educationally-related materials at home, such as books; are less likely to go to community sites and events that could broaden their background knowledge, and that they are likely to be allowed to watch a lot of television. They are more likely…
Friedlin, Jennifer. 2004. "U.S. Women Welfare Series: Law Drops Moms in Deeper Poverty." Inter-Press Service English News Wire, Aug. 10.
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Philadelphia Tribune, 2004. "Report: Child Welfare." In The Philadelphia Tribune, June 15.
Risen Poverty in the Nation's Young Families The rationale behind the study's purpose statement is focused on the number of families who are living in poverty today. Many of these families are young, and they are struggling to get by in a nation where it can be difficult to get out of debt and begin to move forward financially. When there are children in the mix and the parents do not
Rising Poverty and Homelessness NOT TO BE IGNORED Rising Poverty in the Nation's Young Families, Children and Homelessness Census Bureau (2010) reported that, for the three consecutive years, the number of people living in poverty has been increasing and reached 46.2 million or 15% of the total population. Overall poverty rate for all U.S. families went up from 9.8% in 2007 to 11.7% in 2010. Recession in the late 2007 has strongly cut
Rising Poverty in the Nation's Young Families My goal is to make a positive change in the lives of young children, families, and the early childhood field by targeting childhood poverty. Concepts Poverty is increasing most rapidly in families with young children. While poverty only rose by 1.3% in the childless 30-64 age bracket, it rose by nearly 8% in families with a head under 30 years old with one or more children
The National Housing Act indirectly promoted the idea of lenders offering much longer-term mortgages with the currently accepted concept of monthly payments with the dual interest and principal payment scale. Amortized real estate mortgages opened the door for an average person to purchase and own a single family home. As a result of the National Housing Act, the United States government inadvertently committed itself along with private lenders to insure
Family Nursing Diagnoses Family nursing diagnosis The family in this case study is depicted as one of middle income capacity with the man of the house being the main provider of the house and the rest of the family being dependent on the father. The family is composed of children and the grand mother, a sign that they value the unity and living together as a social and communal responsibility to each
families are living in poverty. Many of these families are living in such extreme conditions that they cannot afford even such basic needs as food for every meal. Living and growing up in such conditions affects every area of life and ultimately the country as a whole. The escalation of poverty among families create tremendous challenges for children. It can negatively impact a growing child's mental and physical health,