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Childhood Poverty

Childhood Poverty. 9-12-13. CHHS 450. Childhood poverty rates in Monterey County are too high. Cara Flack, Melissa Edwards, Mariah Tanner, Joe Martis , Luis Jimenez. Symbols. Story of Helplessness & Control

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Childhood Poverty

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  1. Childhood Poverty 9-12-13 CHHS 450 Childhood poverty rates in Monterey County aretoo high. Cara Flack, Melissa Edwards, Mariah Tanner, Joe Martis, Luis Jimenez

  2. Symbols Story of Helplessness & Control • The situation is bad, out of our control,and we had to accept but could not influence the problem. Now, we can control things. • “Stories that move us from the realm of fate to the realm of control,” which are hopeful. Their hope invokes public support. • Types of stories: • Blame the Victim Story • Moves from fate to control; however, control is with the very people whom suffer from the problem. • Ends with victims to reform own behavior in order to avoid problem

  3. Symbols • Symbolic Representation/ Metaphors • Natural Laws • “Law of Unintended Rewards • Helping people who have problems by giving them money or services, rewards them for having the problem, and creates incentives to stay or become poor, homeless, addicted, etc. • Driving force in today’s social policy debates • Disease • Behavior is said to “spread” • Social Policy - poor and disadvantaged having some pathology. Social problems (poverty) as outcomes of personal problems & deficiencies.

  4. NumbersStatistical Evidence Need for Aid: In Monterey County, 25,739 families and individualsreceive aid. 17,577 were children. • According to the 2012 census 15.1 % of persons among the estimated population of 426,762 are below poverty level in Monterey County • In 2011 childhood poverty rate rose by 61.5 percent, with 25.5 percent of children living in poverty compared to 15.8 percent in 2008. • 56% of the population is Hispanic

  5. Numbers Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality in the California Child Welfare System http://cssr.berkeley.edu/bassc/public/DISPRO_PDF.pdf

  6. Numbers Education and Poverty: - Counties with the highest number of college graduates have the lowest rates of childhood poverty and vice versa. -Monterey county had a little over 15% of college grads with bachelor’s degrees compared to the 25% of children living in poverty

  7. Numbers • Numbers help define the problem • Determine the magnitude • Identify trends The number of children living below poverty with Monterey county is rising, which indicates the need for increased resources and effective interventions. • These numbers represent the # of people living below the poverty level within Monterey, whether they are children or adult, or if the trends are changing.

  8. Symbols portray poverty as an ever-present problem that cannot be changed by “us” Numbers tell us that poverty is on the rise, and certain demographics are more prone to it Locally, we fare worse than the country as a whole. CONCLUSION

  9. References • Barba, J., Fuentes, R., & O'Leary, A. (06, January 2013). Prosperity threatened: perspectives on childhood poverty in california. Retrieved from http://thenextgeneration.org/files/Prosperity_Threatened_Final.pdf • Salmoun, M. (2004). Catholic Charities of the Monterey Diocese and Parishes. Retrieved from http://xerxes.calstate.edu/monterey/books/record?id=76392 • Stone, D. (2012). Policy paradox: The art of political decision making. (3 ed.). New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. • United States Census Bureau. United States Department of Commerce, (2013). State and county quick facts: Monterey county, california. Retrieved from website: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06053.html • Vijayan, S. Monterey County Department of Social and Employment Services, (2013). Report: Child poverty up in monterey county. Retrieved from website: http://mcdss.co.monterey.ca.us/press/na/010813.asp

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