Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Poverty in America By: Brooke Rallis

Poverty in America is growing every day. Poverty is when people have lino money or any support. The government Department of Human and Health Services use poverty guidelines to determine a person or person’s eligibility for help from the government. Some examples would be Head Start, Food Stamp Program, National School Lunch Program, the low-income home energy assistance program and the children’s health insurance program. There are programs that are called cash public programs which use temporary assistance for families that are in need and supplemental security income. These do not use the poverty guidelines in determining eligibility. These are a list of some programs that use poverty programs, Community Services Block Grant, Head Start, and Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Poverty is a large issue in America currently in today’s society. With the large number of homeless women, men, and children, the government has been consistently putting forth effort into the demolish of the increasing poverty level. The stereotypical views of people who live in poverty include the people who live in the urban part of populated cities such as New York or Chicago. These “so-called” people, roam the streets, beg for food, and sleep wherever they can. These people are actually known to be homeless. This view set by the U.S. Americans who witness these people, do not know the meaning of poverty.
What people do not realize is that poverty includes the people who live under certain financial level, which is set by the U.S. government. The issue of poverty is has been increasingly rising and does not seem to be slowing down. Hopefully sometime soon, poverty will not be a large issue to America in the future.

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