Sentences with phrase «many near poverty»

A greater portion of adults living in poverty (66 %) and near poverty (59 %) were relying solely on cell phone service, the CDC said.

Speaking in abstract terms about blank, amorphous «innocent lives» keeps us from confronting the reality that if most of these children are born at or near the poverty line, then the lives we are saving are more likely to be troubled ones, and if nothing changes, those lives will get caught in vicious cycles powered by poverty and systemic racism.

The money is part of the $ 100,000 Agricultural Premium Fund used primarily to help people at or near the poverty level, said Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn.

The percentage of people in poverty and near poverty in New York City decreased in 2016 for the third consecutive year and is the lowest since 2009, according to an annual report released by the Mayor's Office of Operations on Friday.

The Summit's morning sessions will include an update on Medicaid usage in Erie County to provide insights into how many county residents are in or near poverty and an update on the Buffalo Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative, a collaboration between Erie County, the City of Buffalo, New York State, and the United Way that is working to expand economic opportunity for Buffalo residents.

«Today's report shows real progress toward our goal of lifting 800,000 New Yorkers out of poverty or near poverty by 2025.»

The de Blasio administration said the poverty and near poverty rates have plummeted since the mayor first took office in 2014.

Mayor Bill de Blasio says that New York City's poverty rate is at its lowest level since the Great Recession, with 141,000 fewer New Yorkers in poverty or near poverty in 2016 than there were in 2013.

The government officials will lay off the lower paying positions, placing many near poverty level families on the rolls receiving government benefits in order to survive.

«I do think, overall, there is a common theme about people who are at or near the poverty line, and those who are squarely in the middle class, are getting the raw end of the deal,» Cecil says.

Almost half of young children in the United States live in poverty or near poverty, which can negatively impact physical health, mental health, and educational achievement, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

«The fact that we have nearly 300,000 more children living near poverty today than at the height of the Great Recession is concerning,» added NCCP director of Family Economic Security Heather Koball.

«Nearly half of American children living near poverty line: National Center for Children in Poverty's Basic Facts about Low - Income Children Report illustrates severity of economic instability and disparity in the US.»

• «The Florida Project»: Sean Baker's film, which he also wrote and edited, centers on a trio of children, about 6 or 7 years old, who live with their parents in near poverty not far from Disney World.

The war between good and evil is black - and - white, Strickland as almost pure evil and Elisa, Giles and Zelda are almost saintly — despite or perhaps because of their near poverty.

In the Austen novel, the central character is Anne Elliot, the daughter of Sir Walter Elliot, a widower who has spent his family into near poverty; Anne is a spinster who years earlier had been persuaded by her snobbish family to abandon her true love because he was not up to their elevated social standards.

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Equally startling, a study indicated that between 60 and 75 percent of Americans will live below or near the poverty line for at least one year of their lives (Neuman, 2008).

A student who is using a voucher and is attending fifth grade, has family income near the poverty line, a particular race or ethnicity, and has low math and reading test scores, for example, would be matched to one or more students who are also attending fifth grade, have incomes near the poverty line, are of that race or ethnicity, and have low reading and math scores, but do not use vouchers.

These same schools report poor achievement by other major student groups as well, and have a set of characteristics associated generally with poor standardized test performance — such as high student - teacher ratios, high student enrollments and high levels of students living in or near poverty.

In urban contexts, you have concentrations of students in poverty, or near poverty, so you can send fewer admissions office representatives and hit more possible recruits.

Annually, it provides over $ 14 billion to school systems across the country for students at risk of failure and living at or near poverty.

At times it feels as if the school is working in a vacuum to support young people living in poverty or near the poverty line.»

For example, although Alabama scored high in resistance to high stakes testing and privatization, its schools are severely underfunded and far too many students live in poverty or near poverty in the state.

When the Census Bureau factored in healthcare and other child - rearing costs, it calculated that 56.7 percent of all U.S. children live near poverty.

One in four children live in poverty and one in two children live near the poverty line.

Expectations have been raised, the student population has grown to more than 24,000 and a higher percentage of students live in or near poverty.

Dr. Born, cited a figure in his Powerpoint presentation that one in five American children are living on or near the poverty line.

By the time of her death in 2011, Alliluyeva was living in near poverty in Wisconsin — an anything but predictable end for a Kremlin princess.

He did this with no compensation and lived a life of near poverty.

When it comes to student loan debt, many students find that they either have a hard time paying their bill when it comes due, they live near poverty because of the payments, or they altogether default on the loan itself.

ALBERTA — Alberta Helping Animals Society In vulnerable populations such as transient or homeless people, seniors, and individuals and families living at or near the poverty line, veterinary care and spay / neuter procedures for pets can sometimes be cost - prohibitive.

Unfortunately, his customary indiscipline and desire for alcohol kept him in a state of near poverty, forcing him to resort to peddling hack copies of alehouse scenes (excellently painted but sold for a pittance) and even painting signs and coach panels.

Many, if not most, people in the world would trade their lifestyle for mine, because the numbers say that many people in the world are either in poverty or near poverty, and don't have choices.

A fixture in activist circles, she was bright and charming, but unfocused — a woman who had an advanced degree in chemistry but lived near the poverty line.

This figure is still exceptionally low and still leaves many people living at or near the poverty line with no access to legal aid.

So that means that about 13 % of our nation's heroes live below or near the poverty line.

A 2015 study found 46 % of injured workers with a permanent disability were living at or near the poverty line, with 9 % living in deep poverty.

This clinical service provides thousands of hours of free legal help to some of Hawai'i's most vulnerable people, including the elderly, troubled and incarcerated youth, veterans, and families living at or near poverty levels.

While Santa Clara County has one of the highest median incomes in the country, it also has its share of people living at or near poverty level.

In 2015 — 16, only one - third of eligible children under age 5 were served by one of the state's ECE programs, leaving an estimated 650,000 children in or near poverty without access to affordable care.

Almost half of young children in the United States live in poverty or near poverty.

Nearly half of America's babies live in or near poverty — this is a clear warning sign for America's global competitiveness.

I understand that someone who is living an upper - upper - middle - class lifestyle (and may have their entire life,) personally dealing with tenants who live in or near poverty may be challenging — I understand it may be hard to relate to and understand tenants when your life experiences are so much different than theirs.

It also had the polished concrete floors that have become popular again, back then bare concrete floors was a sign of near poverty.

Not exact matches

Pro tip: Don't let peer pressure dictate that you take a vow of near - term poverty.

A 2013 survey conducted near its Tasiast mine in Mauritania by local sociologists found that the number of households living below the poverty line had been cut by more than half since 2011 and the unemployment rate had declined from 47 per cent to 24 per cent.

Innovations deployed to fight poverty will yield big dividends in the near future, Gates said.

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.

Zimbabwe, which has an AIDS rate of 25 %, an average life expectancy of 39, and an 80 % poverty rate, ranked near the bottom at 177.