What Americans Think about Poverty and How to Reduce It
The 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty attracted little attention in 2015, and the 20th anniversary of welfare ...
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Critical Analysis of the System Changes Needed in the Child Welfare System
The child welfare system coupled with the juvenile and criminal justice systems have ultimately created and perpetuated the systemic constraints ...
Grenfell Tower: Three Months On
If you aren’t still angry about the Grenfell Tower tragedy, you probably haven’t been listening. For (perhaps international) readers who ...
Raising the Minimum Wage Would Reduce Child Neglect Cases
Low-wage service jobs have exploded in recent years, but good-paying positions have been harder to come by. ELAINE THOMPSON/AP Raising ...
What About a Welfare Challenge?
In recent years, to draw attention to the plight of food insecurity in America, advocacy groups and community organizations have ...
SKIP: A Holistic Approach to Promoting Education for Disadvantaged Children
Supporting Kids in Peru (SKIP) is a UK, US and Peruvian NGO charity, working with impoverished families in El Porvenir ...
Study Shows Tax Return Delay Could Hurt Low-Income Families
ST. LOUIS, MO - Millions of low- and moderate-income Americans who claim certain tax credits will have to wait weeks ...
Windows into a Life in Poverty and Lessons for Social Workers
Living in poverty is more than not having enough money to meet an arbitrary threshold. For many, a life in ...
Talent Is Equally Distributed, But Opportunity Is Not
America’s recent legacy of trickle down economics has many implications, namely a wide division between the haves and the have-nots. ...
Answering the Call: 5 Social Initiatives Helping to Fight Poverty in Kentucky
By Gabe Duverge The poverty rate in the United States is 14.8 percent, based on the latest data from the ...
Wilhemina’s War: Women of Color with HIV/AIDS in Rural South Carolina
Wilhemina’s War first aired on February 29th, 2016, and the film chronicles the trials and tribulations of family matriarch Wilhemina ...
Is the Criminal Justice System A Crime In Itself
Patches are used to keep something that is worn out still working. For example, you can take a piece of ...
Call The Midwife and Social Justice
For those who follow my writing, you know I am a devoted fan of Call the Midwife. My husband and I ...
Privilege and Power: The Role of Shame and Self-Awareness
If you are a helping professional, chances are you were trained in self-awareness and learned about its importance. In fact, self-awareness ...
Who Really Receives Food Stamps?
As with other groups, there is a stereotype of food stamp, or SNAP benefit, recipients. Many people believe that most ...
More Than 500,000 Childless Adults to Lose SNAP Benefits This Year
Credit: Mohammad Ali Fakheri/Flickr Creative Commons Within the next year, between 500,000 and 1 million childless adults without disabilities will ...
Alabama’s Legislature Continues to Wage War on the Poor
Alabama made headlines last week over a dispute between the Democratic City of Birmingham and the Republican state legislature on whether ...
Global Social Work Agenda and Social Development
Recently, I had chance to watch "The Inequality Movie" narrated by former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich where it outlines how ...
Alternative Food Banks: Offering Fresh Ideas for Fresh Foods
According to Feeding America, 48.1 million, or 14.8 %, people are food insecure in the United States. There are many ...
Foundations for Tomorrow: Helping Huntsville’s Homeless
Foundations for Tomorrow is a community initiative that provides a tiny home community where Huntsville's homeless can reside whilst transitioning ...
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