...Idea Day Nursery Child Care Centers are a nonprofit organization that offers quality child care services for families and single parents. The organization currently has seven locations in and surrounding central Indianapolis. Day Nursery offers a curriculum that promotes cognitive growth and learning skills for children from ages 6 weeks to 6 years old (“Day nursery”, 2010). Their mission is “to assure excellent early care and education for young children in central Indiana” (“Day nursery”, 2010). Information about Day Nursery can be located on the website www.daynurseryindianapolis.org. With the number of single parent and low income families and the cost of child care as a barrier for these populations, organizations such as Day Nursery needs to increase their ability to serve these families. Day Nursery current has a scholarship program for families that can’t afford the high cost of child care but their resources are limited. In order to meet the need of single parent and low income families, there is a need to increase the number of scholarships available for these families. Through increased financial resources Day Nursery can provide quality child care and learning for even more low income and single parent families. Day Nursery currently provides families and single parents with quality child care services. Day Nursery not only provide child care and early learning services but also provides a variety of programs that support the children and parents (“Day nursery, 2011)...
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...better financial circumstances. * Many infants born into poverty have a low birth weight, which is associated with many preventable mental and physical disabilities. Not only are these poor infants more likely to be irritable or sickly, they are also more likely to die before their first birthday. * Children raised in poverty tend to miss school more often because of illness. These children also have a much higher rate of accidents than do other children, and they are twice as likely to have impaired vision and hearing, iron deficiency anemia, and higher than normal levels of lead in the blood, which can impair brain function. Levels of stress in the family have also been shown to correlate with economic circumstances. Studies during economic recessions indicate that job loss and subsequent poverty are associated with violence in families, including child and elder abuse. Poor families experience much more stress than middle-class families. Besides financial uncertainty, these families are more likely to be exposed to series of negative events and “bad luck,” including illness, depression, eviction, job loss, criminal victimization, and family death. Parents who experience hard economic times may become excessively punitive and erratic, issuing demands backed by insults, threats, and corporal punishment. Homelessness, or extreme poverty, carries with it a particularly strong set of risks for families, especially children. Compared to children living in poverty but having...
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...Health Promotion Plan Marie St. Fort NSG4075 Holistic Professional Nursing Kathryn Sagess, PhD, PNP-ARNP Nova Southeastern University Thesis Statement and Introduction Despite the many services Delray Beach offers to residents, there are still major health concerns. This major concerns call for an effective health promotion plan to address the lack of adequate assistance to low-income pregnant women and their families. This plan will allow one to make a great impact in healthcare, attests to the art of nursing even as a student, the whole multidisciplinary team and the most important of aspect of healthcare; the patients that are being served. This paper will offer insight into the community, including a thorough assessment of low income pregnant women and their families’ lack of access to adequate care in Delray Beach Florida. In addition, this paper will highlight a health promotion plan for improving quality of life and health of low income, underinsured Delray Beach residents by discussing state and local programs. Also, discussing the community stakeholders as well as the financial and political implications of the health promotion project is a pivotal point. By addressing the barriers in creating the health promotion in the community, the community health nurse can serve as a patient advocate and present a plan an alternate plan and any possible interventions in case of unforeseen, confounding issues that may arise. The Aggregate Being poor and having to take...
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...character and culture. Gentrification is generally seen by some as a negative and controversial topic, suggesting the displacement of low- income families and small businesses. Others see it as an increase in an area’s economy and a revitalisation of the built environment. In this essay I will be addressing whether gentrification does help or hinder low income, urban communities using references from contemporary examples such as New York City and London, I will outline both positive and negative impacts of gentrification...
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...The WIC program provides mothers that have an inadequate income that are eligible, with monthly benefits on a card. The WIC program is means tested and is only available to those who qualify. Eligibility is limited to postpartum women, pregnant women, breastfeeding women, infants, and children of low-income families deemed to be at nutritional risk by a professional authority. In addition if a child or person is at nutritional risk, and their family qualifies for SSI, federal free and reduced lunch, or SNAP food benefits they are also eligible. The WIC program is designed to meet the immediate nutritional needs for the specified target population. However, the program has a long range goal of improving the nutritional health of women, infants, and...
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...Head Start began in 1965 to provide childcare and preschool education for low-income families (Administration for Children and Families [ACF], n.d.). Since its inception, the program has served more than 30 million children and their families (ACF, n.d.). Head Start and Early Head Start targets pregnant mothers and children up to age 5 (ACF, n.d.). This program has the characteristics as a family policy because of the intersection between this public service and the impact on the family system. Most Head Start programs include a family intervention to enhance the educational experience. The program also allows low-income families access to childcare, which is a large family cost, so that the parents or guardians may work and use their income for other family needs besides childcare and preschool education. This paper uses the Popple and Leighninger’s policy analysis model to review the Federal Head Start Program (Chapin, 2014). This model was selected because of the historical, social, and political contexts in which the Head Start program was developed as well as for...
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...disaster victims; as well as a chance at self-sufficiency for adults trying to break the cycle of poverty and hunger” (“Programs & Services,” 2013). * Programs offered by: * CFSP: The Commodity Supplemental Food Program serves about 595,000 low-income people each month targeting seniors (“Programs & Services,” 2013). * TEFAP: The Emergency Food Assistance Program is a federal program that provides food commodities at no cost to Americans in need of short-term hunger relief through emergency food providers like food banks, pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters (“Programs & Services,” 2013). * SFSP: The Summer Food Service Program provides free meals and snacks to low-income children during the summer months and long school vacations (“Programs & Services,” 2013). * SNAP: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program helps low-income Americans put food on the table, providing benefits that are timely, targeted, and temporary (“Programs & Services,” 2013). * For further information on Feeding America, please visit www.feedingamerica.org * Women Infants and Children (WIC) * The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides Federal grants to States for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional...
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...There are many social and government programs made to address the poverty in the US. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) develop many programs to address different areas that poverty effects. One program that interested me was the Head Start program. This program is made to address poverty by allowing low income families to send the children under the age of five to school for no cost and thus giving them equal opportunity to prepare them for school. The US Department of Health and Human Services give money to different agencies that set up preschools and child care for low income families. The Office of Head Start (OHS) administers the grant funding and oversight to the agencies that provide Head Start...
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...North Caroline. Libby’s Heart food bank wants give hand in stopping starvation in Orange County by asking, gathering, cooking, and packing food through working with local supports and programs that serve our families in needs groups. We will be taking over a food bank that was founded in 1992 which the owners will stay help with the operations for a year. I made this decide to take over the food because as a former family in need there was very little resource out there for my family. The prime locate is where we as a company will do the most good serving the country. Our services include food container, emergency food services for seniors, and an adolescence group and training classes for adult to help them find jobs. We will provide clothes closest for Adults so that they will have clothes to go on interviews. We will have a program call Lift a Heart which will provide transportation for those who needs ride to get to work. They will have to spend ten hours a week working for the food bank in order to get this service. Libby’s Heart will receive support from the state, openhanded organizations and group sponsorship. We will team up with the locate Durham Rescue Mission and Second Harvest food bank to help those whom are in need of shelter and a Food for their families. I will have seven members, a volunteer coordinator that will handle the entire volunteer that will help with all the programs. There will a warehouse coordinator that will insure that we are getting the...
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...The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is one of the many agencies that handle an array of healthcare departments as well as research. The DHHS caters to citizens of all nationalities, race, and ethnicities. The DHHS focus is to protect the health of all Americans and providing the highest level of human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. The Public Health Service is divided into 42 subdivisions (Department of Health and Human Services, 2007). This paper will give highlights of the history of the DHHS, the source and scope of authority, how the day-to-day operations are guided and performed, and how DHHS is structured. In addition, examples are given as to the duties that are carried out within the department of the DHHS. History of the Agency The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was established in 1953 and was referred to as the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. In 1979, the agency was recreated and renamed as the Department of Education. The DHHS agency has many components within the agency that handles and maintains day-to-day operations. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2008). Source and scope of authority According to the statement Office of Inspector General (OIG), the text reads that OIG will ensure that disseminated information meets the standards of quality set forth in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Health and Human Services (HHS) and OIG guidelines. OIG’s policy...
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...are devoted to providing new opportunities for homeless and low-income persons. Fresh Start, a company started by Andrew A. Smith alleviates the pains and ills of those who are homeless. Fresh Start assists homeless and low-income persons through seminars, and life skills. Seminars included topics such as investment, financial management/advisement, job training, interview skills, and appropriate business attire. Life skills’ training includes Stress Management, Supporting a Family on Low-Income, Family Budgeting on Low-Income, and personal/business relationship development. Independent and family counseling, school clothes, and business attire is also provided. Financial programs aide Fresh Start participants in becoming financially independent of the organization. Each member in the Fresh Start program will be provided with shelter, a mentor, and a bank account. The Fresh Start bank account will provide participants with a way to save money and become economically responsible. Each fresh start mentor will withhold 5% of their mentee’s check in a savings account; the funds in the mentee’s account will be given to the mentee at the end of the session. The goal of the financial assistant segment is to allow participants to start their financial independence directly after the program. Industry Analysis Fresh Start is a nonprofit organization that provides transitional housing for those with low income and homeless. Fresh...
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...TEMPLATE FOR CHILD HEALTH PLAN UNDER TITLE XXI OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (Required under 4901 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (New section 2101(b))) State/Territory:___________________________________________________________ (Name of State/Territory) As a condition for receipt of Federal funds under Title XXI of the Social Security Act, (42 CFR, 457.40(b)) ________________________________________________________________________ (Signature of Governor, or designee, of State/Territory, Date Signed) submits the following Child Health Plan for the Children’s Health Insurance Program and hereby agrees to administer the program in accordance with the provisions of the approved Child Health Plan, the requirements of Title XXI and XIX of the Act (as appropriate) and all applicable Federal regulations and other official issuances of the Department. The following State officials are responsible for program administration and financial oversight (42 CFR 457.40(c)): Name: Position/Title: Name: Position/Title: Name: Position/Title: *Disclosure. According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 09380707. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 160 hours per response, including the time...
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...Human Services Agencies in Austin, Texas 1. Medical Management Solutions 2. Health & Human Svc Commission 3. State Offices Texas Department of Human Services 4. Human Service Department 5. Texas MENTOR 6. Habitat for Humanity- a. Habitat for Humanity offers homeownership opportunities to families who are unable to obtain conventional house financing. Generally, this includes those whose income is 30 to 50 percent of the area’s median income. Applicants are required to meet several qualifications to ensure success. Each Habitat affiliate has its own guidelines. In general, prospective homeowners must: • Be citizens or legal residents. • Prove steady income. • Have good credit. • Earn a monthly income that falls within minimum and maximum limits, depending on household size. • Sustain a savings account over a specified period of time. In addition, each partner family will be required to: • Invest sweat-equity hours in building his/her home and others. • Make an affordable down payment. • Make timely mortgage payments. • Attend homeowner education classes. 7. American Red Cross 8. Mission Soup Kitchen 9. WIC- The WIC target population are low-income, nutritionally at risk: • Pregnant women (through pregnancy and up to 6 weeks after birth or after pregnancy ends). • Breastfeeding women (up to infant’s 1st birthday) • Nonbreastfeeding postpartum women (up to 6 months after the birth of an infant or after pregnancy ends) • Infants (up to 1st birthday)...
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...of metropolitan- area growth in the United States for the past 50 years”(Downs 1998). Sprawl can be defined as a pattern of urban and metropolitian growth that reflects low density, automobile-dependent, new development on the fringe of settled areas often surrounding a deteriorating city. Among the traits of metropolitan growth frequently associated with sprawl are unlimited outward extension of development; low-density housing and commercial development; leapfrog development, "edge cities," and more recently "edgeless cities"; fragmentation of land use planning among multiple municipalities; reliance on private automobiles for transportation; segregation of types of land use; race and class-based exclusionary housing and employment; congestion and environmental damage; and a declining sense of community among area residents (Downs 1999; Garreau 1991; Katz and Bradley 1999; Lang 2000; Rusk 1999). However, these spatial patterns of development are rooted in a context of substantial economic restructuring. Moreover, these spatial and structural changes exacerbate a number of social problems that have long plagued urban communities (Lorenzen 2000,13a). Birmingham, AL is considered a urban metropolitan area. Social Services and Health organization are located through out the city rural areas. These Social Service and Health Organiazations are located throughout...
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...Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is one of the many agencies that handle an array of healthcare departments as well as research. The DHHS caters to citizens of all nationalities, race, and ethnicities. The DHHS focus is to protect the health of all Americans and providing the highest level of human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. The Public Health Service is divided into 42 subdivisions (Department of Health and Human Services, 2007). This paper will give highlights of the history of the DHHS, the source and scope of authority, how the day-to-day operations are guided and performed, and how DHHS is structured. In addition, examples are given as to the duties that are carried out within the department of the DHHS. History of the Agency The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was established in 1953 and was referred to as the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. In 1979, the agency was recreated and renamed as the Department of Education. The DHHS agency has many components within the agency that handles and maintains day-to-day operations. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2008). Source and scope of authority According to the statement Office of Inspector General (OIG), the text reads that OIG will ensure that disseminated information meets the standards of quality set forth in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Health and Human Services (HHS) and OIG guidelines. OIG’s...
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