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…provides no escape from poverty. A lack of affordable housing and the limited scale of housing assistance programs have left the homeless without a choice. The only choices they are left with are; what shelter they want to sleep in, whether or not it is too…

…In a place where poverty, the homeless and the beggars are an everyday, everywhere, sight, you would think the government would at least come up with some radical scheme as to improve the poor people’s way of life. But let’s face reality, we live…

…within, a place for other people to avoid when they are heading for St. Louis.” This quote is Jonathan Kozol’s conclusion to a very powerful chapter reveling what could be the very worst of poverty in America. In poverty of this degree, only a child…

…Article on Poverty I. Summary The Chester Upland School District, located in Chester, Pennsylvania, is a school that has a major problem with illiteracy, gang warfare, and a huge drop out rate that was as high as forty percent in the late 1990’s…

…CHILDREN AND POVERTY IN CANADA The purpose of this project is to discuss child poverty and child welfare practice. There is a need to critically examine the issue and situate the causes of poverty…

…According to the U.S. Census Bureau report "Poverty in the U.S.: 2002" there has been an increase of 1.7 million people living in poverty from 2001 to 2002. This means that 12.1 percent of our population lived in poverty in 2002. Also in 2002, 9.6…

…What is Poverty? What does it mean to be in poverty? Poverty, to me, in not having enough finances to be able to enjoy more than just the basics in life. Poverty is “just getting by” or not being able to get by without assistance from an outside…

…U.S. Poverty One in 11 families, one in nine Americans, and one in six children are officially poor. The wealthiest fifth of the population received half of all household income last year. The poorest fifth received 3.5%. The official poverty line…

…Poverty Many people think that Australia is a rich country. They think just because most of our population is not dying of starvation and completely curable diseases such as influenza that Australia does not have many problems when it comes to poverty…

…POVERTY Poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not being able to go to school, not knowing how to read, not being able to speak properly. Poverty is not having job…