The Poverty Problem
Learn about poverty, hunger, & homelessness
4th Grade PBL Unit: Helping the homeless and hungry in Hamilton County
What causes poverty?
Click on a link below to read about causes of poverty.
• http://www.cpag.org.uk/content/what-causes-poverty
Children in Poverty
Poverty and Children
• NEW YORK (Reuters) - One in five children in the United States was
living in a family with an income below the official poverty level in
2011, marking a decade of increases in child poverty...
•http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs177/1101701160827/archive/1116180077449.html
•http://www.childtrends.org/children-still-left-behind-50-years-after-war-on-poverty/
•http://www.childtrends.org/?publications=the-strengths-of-poor-families
Poverty and Health
Click on a link below to read about poverty's impact on health. How can we provide healthy solutions to the members in our community?
•http://www.vox.com/2014/6/17/5804014/mental-illness-isnt-just-a-health-issue-its-an-economic-issue
• http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/05/poverty-makes-you-sick/371241/
Education and Poverty
Solutions and Ideas to Help those in Poverty
Click on a link below to read about ways others have helped. Can we use these ideas in our community?
• http://www.bread.org/hunger/us-poverty-solutions/
• http://borgenproject.org/innovative-solutions-to-poverty-and-hunger/
• http://www.jewishinseattle.org/programs-initiatives/focus-fight/resources/12-ways-fight-poverty
• http://www.npr.org/2012/07/13/155103662/struggling-families-lift-themselves-out-of-poverty
• http://www.lifehack.org/articles/money/8-simple-ways-to-save-money-help-stop-poverty.html
• http://www.danijohnson.com/2010/6-keys-to-break-off-a-poverty-mindset/