Economically Disadvantaged

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Economically Disadvantaged
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What is meant by poverty?

• The state or condition of having little or no
  money, goods, or means of support condition of
  being poor.
• Absolute poverty or destitution refers to the
  deprivation of basic human needs, which commonly
  includes food, water, sanitation, clothing,
  shelter, health care and education.

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Do you have to be unemployed to be in poverty?

• 63 of Texas children living in poverty are
  headed by someone who is working
• This decreases some of their access to public
  services
• Is not what many think of when hear the word
  poverty or poor

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Defining hunger on a continuum Food security
The family has access at all times toenough food
for an active, healthy life for all
householdmembers. Food insecurity The family
is uncertain about itsability to afford
nutritionally adequate and safe foods in
asocially acceptable way (e.g., without
resorting toemergency food supplies, scavenging,
stealing, or othercoping strategies) at some
time during the year. Hunger The food intake
of one or more adults isreduced and their eating
patterns are disrupted at some time during the
year.
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Who is most vulnerable?

• Victims of conflict
• Migrant workers and their families
• Marginal populations
• School drop outs
• Homeless people
• Street children
• Dependent people
• Elderly
• Disabled or ill

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Statistics

• Texas has the third-highest rate of food
• insecurity and the fifth-highest rate of hunger
• Hunger is a symptom of poverty,
• and Texas is a poor state

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Insurance

• Why is having health insurance important?
• Texas has more uninsured children than the
  national average
• Quality of life is less for those uninsured

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Where to go for Help

• Texas Department of Health and Human Services
• WIC (women infant and children
• Provides formula, milk, cheese, cereal, peanut
  butter, fruits/veggies
• Children under age of 5

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TANF temporary aide for needy families

• TANF
• Parents can receive TANF for 12-36 months
• No time limit for children
• Parents will receive employment assistance
• One time TANF of 1000 in case of crisis such as
  job loss or medical emergency
• Example of TANF payment 2 children in household
  receive TANF will receive 128 month maximum

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Who receives Food Stamps?

• 10 are elderly
• 40 are white
• 36 black
• 18.5 Hispanic
• 25 have a disabled person
• In 1993 U.S. citizens spent about the same on
  cruise ships and theme parks that the federal
  government did on AFDC.

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CHIP/Medicaid

• Insurance for those who meet eligibility
  guidelines
• CHIP children only higher income guidelines than
  Medicaid
• Must be here legally to apply

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• The Texas Department of Health also offers low
  cost and free screenings and required
  immunizations
• Many churches and non profit organizations offer
  food pantries and assistance with rent or
  utilities. The United Way is a good place to
  search for assistance

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Salvation Army

• Prisoner rehabilitation
• Drug and alcohol rehabilitation
• Elderly Services
• Clothing
• Food Pantry

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Goodwill

• Job training
• Clothing assistance
• Resume writing

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• Every 43 seconds a child in the US is born into
  poverty
• 12 million adults have been homeless at least
  once in their lives.
• 46 of the people using emergency food pantries
  are employed (many food pantries in the Denton
  area are run by churches)

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Income Gap

• The wealthiest 5 of the households receive 21
  of the US national income
• The poorest 20 receive 3.7 of the national
  income.

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Myths

• People are in poverty because they are too poor
  to work
• Many people are working, going to school or
  seeking work but just do not make enough money to
  feed their family
• Most people on assistance are homeless
• The majority of families are working and trying
  to make ends meet.

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Hunger in the US

• 31 million people are at risk of hunger
• 11.2 million live in hungry households where they
  do not have enough money for all family members
• 46 using emergency assistance are employed
• US could cut domestic hunger in ½ in two years
  for just 6 billion a year of just .06 per citizen
  per day

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Teen and Homelessness

• 13 kids die on the streets each day
• 1.3 homeless youth living on the streets
• 1 in every 7 youth run away before their 18th
  birthday
• 51.4 of all Americans will live in poverty
  before they turn 65. The majority experiencing
  it for the first time as a child
• 1 in 4 children are at risk for hunger

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• 14.6 or 49 million American live in Households
  that struggle to put food on the table
• ½ of all children born in the US enroll in WIC
• 1 in 8 people in the US live below the poverty
  line

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