Poverty in Polk County
Dustin Sterling
Background Information about poverty
1.Child Poverty/ The Vicious Cycle
" Many children fail to see how hard work can improve their lives as they see their parents struggle with everyday tasks." (Shelton, 2013)
2.Help Not Helping?
"Food stamps provide an income at a third of the poverty line, close to $6,300 for a family of three." (Edelman, 2012)
3.The Poverty Rate
Missouri's poverty rate- 15.5%
Polk County's poverty rate- 23.6%- 16th highest in Missouri
4.Causes of Poverty/What Can Come With Poverty
Side Effects: Poor housing, food born and water born diseases, and unsafe working or living environments.
How We can help
5.Food Drives
6.Clothing Donations
7.Help Out
8.Get others in the community involved
"Rather than working with individual persons, it is more effective to facilitate collective and organized actions to help strengthen and empower people in poverty through an organization." (Labayen, 2016)
9.Not only in Fairplay
In conclusion
References
Edelman, P. (2012) Poverty in america: why cant we end it? Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/opinion/sunday/why-cant-we-end-poverty- in-america.html?_r=1
Poverty.org. (2011) Causes and effects of poverty on society, children and violence. Retrieved from http://www.poverties.org/effects-of-poverty.html
Gains-Turner, T (2014) Three steps we can take to solve poverty, from someone who knows firsthand. Retrieved from http://billmoyers.com/2014/07/11/three-steps-we-can-take-to-solve-poverty-from-someone-who-knows-firsthand/
Labayen, D. (2016) 5 ways to fight poverty. Retrieved from http://outreach-international.org/5-ways-to-fight-poverty/