Family Well Being News
"The agency is overhauling the Independent Living program under a legislative mandate after outcomes among foster graduates show dismal education levels and slight increases in homeless and jobless rates."
"The 'spoiled' fruit includes nearly half of the city's children being born into poverty, high illiteracy rates among teens and adults, the highest HIV rates in the nation, and most black males with criminal justice backgrounds."
"A lot are low-income. Many are Spanish speakers. Some are immigrants, legal and illegal. Most are families, two-parent or single-parent. Some are senior citizens. Some are upper-middle-class with manicured lawns and shiny imported cars."
"Every year, thousands of children from low-income families in New York City visit various families along the eastern Seaboard, courtesy of the Fresh Air Fund. The not-for-profit program... affords children from low-income families a chance to visit volunteer host families.."
"But what makes this project distinct is that the children live in a homeless shelter. They are residents of the Lowdon-Schutts women and children's building, part of the Presbyterian Night Shelter complex in Fort Worth."
"But the truth was, things got horrible Saturday night, at a time when lots of bad stuff goes down, and she learned there is little comfort for a homeless family at that hour in the nation's capital."
"Estimating that it costs $1,100 a month for child care for two preteen children... This would end such aid to upward of 142,000 children from low-income families that would be hard-pressed to compensate for the loss of state support, she said."
"Last year, more than 24 million children did not live with their biological fathers, census figures show. Among low-income children, the figure is two out of three... Congress [may allocate] $500 million... for a Fatherhood, Marriage and Families Innovation Fund..."
"Of the 11 million children living in poverty in the U.S., a little over 50 percent lived in home headed by single mothers, 40 percent were in homes with married parents, and a just less than 9 percent lived in homes with single fathers."
"More than a dozen city agencies have developed plans to better engage New York City fathers, including offering parenting classes at public hospitals and homeless shelters and publishing a comprehensive guide to help young fathers navigate city services."
"Families headed by single women are most likely to live under the poverty line. On an average night, women and children make up two-thirds of the state's homeless population."
"Single-parent homes, neighborhoods with gangs and crime, poor role models and poverty all can lead a child to despair, lack of self-worth and ultimately, poor choices."
"The report includes statistics on indicators of family health and well-being that are connected with the prevalence of family violence, including poverty and unemployment rates."
"Though poor people can be excellent parents, earlier studies have linked child abuse and domestic violence to poverty and stress, says Alice Newton, medical director of the child protection team at Children's Hospital Boston."
"Wallensak heads Catholic Charities Housing Resource Center, where a staff of 28 intercedes with landlords and mortgage servicers to try to keep people in their homes. The center serves 16,000 families a year."
"Federal law requires applications for food stamps to be reviewed within 30 days of being filed, and even faster for the poorest families. Failure to do so can subject agencies to federal sanctions..., but individual families are largely at the mercy of their local administrators."
"The rate of children living in poverty this year will climb to nearly 22%, the highest rate in two decades, according to an analysis by the non-profit Foundation for Child Development. Nearly 17% of children were living in poverty in 2006, before the recession began."
"The 2010 Kids Count report, released by the Association for Children of New Jersey, saw the most drastic changes in the 16 indicators it monitors in unemployment rates, children living below the poverty line and housing costs."
"Head Start is a federally funded program that provides free preschool services to low-income children and their families. Abdalla said when he went early to register at his daughter's school, he found no room there for his son."
"Every two minutes a white baby is born into poverty, as is a black baby. A Hispanic baby is born into poverty every minute. Every three minutes a white baby is born at low birthweight. It's every every seven minutes for Hispanic babies and every six minutes for black babies."
"...People who are high school dropouts or have only a high school diploma are more likely to skip marriage, have children and live in poverty, while those with college degrees are likely to marry first, then have babies and raise them with higher incomes."
"Her path from the middle class to desperate poverty began when she was laid off in December 2008. Then-living in Orlando, Fla., Perales moved back in with friends in Westbury, but there wasn't enough room or money for her four children."
"The first results of a massive, federally funded study into relationship dynamics of 5,000 low-income couples have been released."
"The Mothers & Children Housing Ministry will be an emergency and transitional housing program for mothers with preadolescent children who are or are about to become homeless. The goal is to give the mothers stability to make good decisions and become independent..."
"Facing pressure from parents and child care providers worried about latchkey kids, the board that oversees subsidized child care for low-income families refused to vote last month on a measure that would have ended after-school services for older children"
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