Poverty And Homelessness

In “Homeless on Campus” author, Kingsborough Community College English Department Instructor, Eleanor Bader explains the increasing amount of homeless students and ways the public can help get them into various necessary living situations. Bader has two main audiences whom she is addressing. The first audience is homeless students. This report helps homeless students feel as if their voice is being heard and that they are not the only ones going through this. The second audience is teachers and college faculty members.

Although it is clear that so many U.S. citizens are suffering, the government has little to no efforts in decreasing the homeless population. The lack of initiative for the betterment of the homeless prevents them from becoming richer because their resources are extremely limited. Furthermore, it is more difficult for a homeless child to receive and education than it is for a child raised in a wealthy family. Homeless people are not provided with many opportunities, even though they need them more. “Connections with universities, employers and government will make sure you have access to many more opportunities.

Colleges and Universities could “provide affordable housing and full access to health care” (1) to their students. There are many other things that can be done to help the homeless students. Even a tiny effort can make a huge

For many years now, the homelessness community has needed a change within the United States. Homelessness is a reoccurring issue that cannot be stopped with the current steps

According to the survey, poor children regularly have access to these resources to help them learn. The issue with the government 's survey is the researchers only looked at individuals who are privileged rather than individuals who are living poor. It makes it unclear to figure out whether poverty affects children development or Americans defining poverty wrong this whole time. From experiences, I can say that poverty can influence your performance and ability to progress normally. I experienced not being able to attend school, missing meals, not having electricity to complete homework, and not getting enough rest it not only delayed my development but my ability to gain knowledge just like an average child.

Millions of people all over the world suffer from poverty. Americans usually think of third world countries when thinking of poverty, often one will not realize that it is a problem right here at home. Everyone will agree that poverty is a problem, but how exactly does poverty affect people? Most people will think of an old beggar on the side of the road with a sign and a tin can in their hand when they think of poor people. But the age group that is most affected by poverty in our nation is our children.

Not everyone has it easy- lots of people struggle to keep a job, pay rent or a mortgage, and buy food and clothes. In 2015, 564,708 people were homeless in the United States. 564,708 veterans, middle age, young adults,and child had to deal with rotting teeth, greasy hair, torn clothes, sunburns, frostbite, freezing rain, cold snow, hail, diseases, hunger, and so many other problems. With food being so expensive, they don’t have many options. That’s why I work at a food shelter.

Although it may seem that America is the “land of opportunity”, millions of Americans struggle to survive on how much they earn. Throughout the United States, indigent Americans experience many difficult obstacles in order to survive illustrating their need to provide for their family. A recent article about understanding the effects of poverty states “The number of homeless children throughout the U.S has increased by 60 percent over the past six years” (Sheffield, Rachel). This statistic is very scary because poverty in the U.S is constantly getting worse. The amount of homeless families has increased, which causes their children to struggle through school and have a much harder time becoming successful in the future.

In the United States, estimates show that a substantial number of children under age five live in households that are food insecure. That means that they do not have food, or they lack sufficient quantity or quality of food to fuel a healthy and active lifestyle. A new study has found that children who experience food insecurity in early childhood are more likely to start kindergarten less ready to learn than their peers from homes that are food secure. Since early childhood is such a vital period of physical and social-emotional growth, food insecurity in the early years of life is especially destructive and can intensify the impacts of other hazard components related with poverty, inclusive of decreased access to health care and shaky or

These statistics are overwhelming due to the fact that child poverty affects all areas of their lives. Children exposed to poverty at such a young age are at a disadvantage in several areas; these children are at risk of low academic achievement, resulting in lasting negative effects. Our economy is not able to thrive if child poverty continues. Children living in poverty are also at risk of dropping out of school, being unemployed, and entering the juvenile justice system. Our government is responsible for ensuring that child poverty ceases to be an issue in the United States.

First, food insecurity effects school performance because students who are food insecure tend to have a harder time focusing due to hunger (Huang 383). Next, increased absences and tardiness are associated with food insecurity (Ronald 1). Finally, kindergarteners who experience food insecurity did not score as highly in math, reading and behavioral tests than those who consistently got enough to eat (Mollborn 395). This is because it can be difficult for a student to focus on doing well in school when they are hungry and wondering when their next meal is going to be. In addition to effecting how well children do in school, food insecurity can also effect a child’s mental health.

I. Introduction A. Thesis statement: A child’s early development is greatly impacted by living in poverty which leads to poor cognitive outcomes, school achievement, and severe emotional, and behavioral problems. II. Body Paragraph 1. Claim: According to (Short, 2016) poverty consists of two parts: a measure of need and resources available to meet those needs.

2/28/18 Poverty and Education For this literature review, I conducted an analysis of poverty and how poverty affects children and their education. For my internship I work in a low-income school system, I really wanted to dive into what and how this has a role to play in brain and education. The major question that I feel needs to be answered in order to continue this research project is: has been shown to negatively influence child brain development, thus interfering with their success in the academic setting? There are many environmental factors that influence how a child’s brain develops before the age of six. These effects include prenatal care, health conditions, and poor school readiness skills in their language. Children raised in poverty are adversely affected both indirectly and directly through their family’s lack of resources and education.

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While this has an effect on anyone that does not have food security, it has a profound effect on children who are still in their development ages. According to the United States Department of Agriculture 8.6 million children lived in households that are food insecure and 845,000 children lived in households that are very low food insecure. There should be further measures to locating the effect that food insecurity has on a child 's development. Locating the negative effects will bring attention to the matter to help stop this issue and bring the number of food insecure households down. (Greene,