I explored the site titled National Center for Children in Poverty, www.nccp.org I had never visited this site, and found the information to be relative to our current topic and very interesting to me. I was surprised by what I read and would like to share it with everyone.
The article I read was titled, "More White Chilren in low income families than any other racial group". After reading this article I learned that "America has more white chldren living in low income families than any other race"(NCCP). This surprised me greatly because all you ever hear about is povety in neighborhoods that are mosly black and hispanic (at least where I live). This information on this website opened my eyes the huge problem of not just poverty but the affects of low income families as well. These families seem o.k on the outside but are actually living within a low income society. I wonder why these statistics surprise me. Do white families hide it more than other races?

Some statistics I would like to note are amazing to me these were from the National Center for Children in Poverty, they are:

21 million white children live in low income families
10.7 million hispanic chilren live in low income families
6.5 million black children live in low income families
1 million asian children live in low income families
400,000 american indain children live in low income families

Another statistic is "among all children under 18, 44 % live in low income families and approximatley one in every 5 live in poor families"(NCCP).
This percentage is rising, "40% in 2005 to 44% in 2010"(NCCP).

The Federal poverty levels according to the NCCP are:
$22,350 for a family of 4
$18,530 for a family of 3
$14,710 for a family of 2


Although I understood that poverty was an issue, I honestly had no idea how severe it was. It saddens me to realize how many children do not have what my childre have taken for granted. The NCCP recommends helping parents succeed in the labor force will help with jobs. This will help, but will not solve the problem. Our unstable work environement has lead to many people losing there jobs due to the economy.

The only solution to this, is jobs!!! Our country and many other countrys are struggling and our people and children are suffering. We need to pay attention to politics and our current leaders and make educated decisins to help everyone live comfortably. The only way to do this is to make changes in our government and althoug I have always voted, but have never really followed politics closely, I have gained a new understanding of the power of voting!!!!!

References

National Center for Children in Poverty; retrieved from www.nccp.org