Sentences with phrase «families in poverty in»

Supporter of and volunteer for Homes of Hope charity that builds houses for families in poverty in underdeveloped countries.

Not exact matches

They are also supporting the Family Giving Tree, a nonprofit that fulfills the holiday gift wishes of children living in poverty.

The poverty in this community is so extreme that families are stretched paying those fees.

Having firsthand experience with childhood poverty, I am primarily motivated by never wanting to put my kids in the same situation — and the job I left paid well and provided health insurance for my entire family.

And while white entrepreneurs of means are more likely to start a business with financial help from friends and family, generations of poverty in minority communities shuts the door on this prospect.

More and more young black families are living in poverty.

An increase would affect 16.5 million workers, adding $ 5 billion in real income to families whose income is currently below the poverty threshold, and $ 12 billion to families whose income is currently between one and three time poverty level.

«The tools they gain and the opportunities they earn permanently break the cycles of drug - use, incarceration, and poverty for them and their families, for life,» O'Donnell said in a statement to Business Insider, pointing us to some research outlined on The Doe Fund's website:

Vargas» family originally immigrated from Argentina — where they lived in poverty — to the US with a three - month visitor's visa in 2001.

«It's really very skewed toward higher - income families, which is the biggest problem with it,» says Angela Rachidi, a research fellow in poverty studies at the American Enterprise Institute.

A family friend who works as a concert photographer saw the photo and put her in touch with board members of the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, an organization that provides food, housing, and social services for those experiencing poverty and homelessness.

Experts have suggested building public housing in low - poverty areas instead of high - poverty areas, which would spur poorer families to move to better neighborhoods and increase their chances of success.

And given the disparity in wealth between Walmart employees (many of whom live below the poverty line) and the Walton family (who control the company, and who are the richest family on earth), this might be a situation where giving beyond what you're legally required to give might be the right thing to do.

In fact, perhaps the most balanced research came from David Neumark and William Wascher, who noted in the end that higher minimum wages «increase both the probability that poor families escape poverty and the probability that previously non-poor families fall into poverty.&raquIn fact, perhaps the most balanced research came from David Neumark and William Wascher, who noted in the end that higher minimum wages «increase both the probability that poor families escape poverty and the probability that previously non-poor families fall into poverty.&raquin the end that higher minimum wages «increase both the probability that poor families escape poverty and the probability that previously non-poor families fall into poverty.»

Cedar: We pursue a model we call «Parallel Innovation,» where we incubate core technologies with the potential to empower millions of families living in energy poverty around the world.

The idea is to help families who live in «energy poverty,» relying on smoky open fires as their main cooking source while also spending a disproportionate amount of their income to access lighting or electricity.

Your discretionary income is calculated by finding the difference between your adjusted gross income and 150 percent of the annual poverty line for a family of your size and in your state.

They quickly pointed out the faults in Clark's boasts about her gender equitable government, which cut essential services women need: child care, family and poverty legal services, education, healthcare, the list goes on.

This investment has the potential to both permanently break the cycle of poverty or near - poverty for First Nations families, and help enable many First Nations youth to become full participants in the economy.

(In 2017, the poverty line for a family of two living in the 48 contiguous states is $ 16, 240In 2017, the poverty line for a family of two living in the 48 contiguous states is $ 16, 240in the 48 contiguous states is $ 16, 240).

Poverty Rate

Gender & Age

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14.6 %

Percentage of people who fell below the poverty line — $ 24,340 for a family of four — in 2016

Children

20.1 %

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Gender & Age

Overall

14.6 %

Percentage of people who fell below the poverty line — $ 24,340 for a family of four — in 2016

Children

20.1 %

Percenpoverty line — $ 24,340 for a family of four — in 2016

Children

20.1 %

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Living Goods seeks to reinvent how the poor access vital goods and services, leading to significant gains in the health and wealth of families living in poverty.

Innovation and Activities Living Goods seeks to reinvent how the poor access vital goods and services, leading to significant gains in the health and wealth of families living in poverty.

«People have been squeezed before 2008 and they're gradually being squeezed more, and what it translates into is more people who are working or living in poverty having to go to food banks, trying to get two or three jobs, or going without basic necessities like food or heating,» said Michael McCarthy Flynn, spokesperson for the Living Wage for Families Campaign.

According to a Harvard Business Review study, women in emerging markets reinvest 90 % of every dollar earned into «human resources» — their families» education, health and nutrition — compared to only 30 to 40 % of every dollar earned by men.2 In other words, Kiva's loans have helped countless families and communities in over 80 countries escape a vicious cycle of povertin emerging markets reinvest 90 % of every dollar earned into «human resources» — their families» education, health and nutrition — compared to only 30 to 40 % of every dollar earned by men.2 In other words, Kiva's loans have helped countless families and communities in over 80 countries escape a vicious cycle of povertIn other words, Kiva's loans have helped countless families and communities in over 80 countries escape a vicious cycle of povertin over 80 countries escape a vicious cycle of poverty.

According to the 2015 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada, one in ten Canadians and one in five children is food insecure, meaning they don't know where their next meal is coming from.

By contrast to the so called middle - class tax cut which favours the more affluent, the CCB will have a positive impact upon the lamentably high rate of child poverty in Canada (which stood at 16.5 % in 2013), and will promote greater income equality among families with children.

«This report proves that children are living in poverty because the B.C. Liberal government is clawing back child support from single parent families living on income assistance and disability,» said Mungall.

In social policy, the Party is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty by developing a «living wage» policy that is sufficient to allow workers to support their families; make changes to the welfare system to encourage people on social assistance to move beyond poverty, such as allowing some benefits to remain until they are firmly established in the workplace; and reviewing the housing component of Alberta Works social assistance to bring it in line with the current reality of the Alberta housing markeIn social policy, the Party is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty by developing a «living wage» policy that is sufficient to allow workers to support their families; make changes to the welfare system to encourage people on social assistance to move beyond poverty, such as allowing some benefits to remain until they are firmly established in the workplace; and reviewing the housing component of Alberta Works social assistance to bring it in line with the current reality of the Alberta housing markein the workplace; and reviewing the housing component of Alberta Works social assistance to bring it in line with the current reality of the Alberta housing markein line with the current reality of the Alberta housing market.

Founded in 2009, GiveDirectly is a nonprofit organization operating in East Africa that helps families living in extreme poverty by making unconditional cash transfers.

For example, despite increases in poverty, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's recently released hunger data shows that the percentage of families struggling to put food on the table remained unchanged for the third consecutive year.

Poverty Get to know families in your community who are living on SNAP.

everyday... to eliminate poverty in our mindset, in our home, in our family, in our community.

«All our talk about peace and the weapons of the spirit is meaningless unless we try in every way to embrace voluntary poverty and not work in any position, any job that contributes to war... We must give up our place in this world, sacrifice children, family... And we will be considered fools for Christ.»

The Rwanda Partners Basket Co. is a poverty fighting program of Rwanda Partnersworking to change the lives of impoverished weavers and their families in rural Rwanda

In the US, the poor have experienced a unique form of poverty: a breakdown of the family.

The absence of fathers in families is clearly linked to higher rates of poverty, youth crime and teenage pregnancy, says the think - tank report.

It's a small programme sofar, with only three thousand families enrolled in a city that has more than two million people living below the official poverty line — a line above what was called middle - class sixty years ago.

Noonday believes every child belongs in a family and they work to alleviate poverty and economic orphan crisis through entrepreneurship.

The gift of livestock helps families lift themselves out of poverty in a way that is sustainable and dignifying.

In this article, Leslie Ford of the Heritage Foundation, a think - tank based in Washington DC, draws upon sociological evidence from the United States to suggest that the Catholic Church's vision of the married family is the best poverty - busting measure available to modern societIn this article, Leslie Ford of the Heritage Foundation, a think - tank based in Washington DC, draws upon sociological evidence from the United States to suggest that the Catholic Church's vision of the married family is the best poverty - busting measure available to modern societin Washington DC, draws upon sociological evidence from the United States to suggest that the Catholic Church's vision of the married family is the best poverty - busting measure available to modern society.

Family breakdown and poverty The breakdown of stable family life, and the consequent rise in single - parent families, usually run by the mother, is one of the greatest contributors to poFamily breakdown and poverty The breakdown of stable family life, and the consequent rise in single - parent families, usually run by the mother, is one of the greatest contributors to pofamily life, and the consequent rise in single - parent families, usually run by the mother, is one of the greatest contributors to poverty.

«The inequitable distribution of the national revenue; the disparity in the scale of salaries (some dispose of emoluments which are an insult to the poverty of the country, while the immense majority receives a miserable pittance); the fact that a bare two per cent of the active population owns seventy per cent of the arable land; the system of recruiting our agricultural laborers, who do not even enjoy legal status; the fact that hundreds of thousands of school - age children lack basic education; the disintegration of the family; the growing immorality everywhere — all this demands bold and definitive change.»

With spoken word, interviews and a panel, the conference highlighted how serious child poverty is in the UK and how much poverty is linked to insecure housing, temporary work and family breakdowns.

I also like that he advocates donations to the FEED THE CHILDREN organization that helps many poverty stricken families in the U. S. as well as abroad.

Long - term poverty among the working - aged, the most controversial kind, is due largely to the fact that parents in poor families seldom work regularly.

Children's Outreach continues as a family - service organization specializing in child - abuse prevention and empowering mothers to rise above the challenges of poverty.

I grew up loved and, with my mother's strong belief in education, I have overcome the poverty that had afflicted my family for generations.

It reminds me of the way liberals used to want to construct the debate about the causes of family breakdown as poverty or fatherlessness — as if both can't matter, and, in any event, one way fatherlessness matters is that it leads to poverty.

I can't believe how many «great souls of God» left their families behind or in poverty to «pursue God's work.»