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Matt's Ministry in Clay County, NC (🤓 Poverty Numbers in the US:…
Matt's Ministry in Clay County, NC
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Matt's Ministry:
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"Matt's Ministry began in 2013 as a summer program to provide food for children in our community who qualify for free or reduced lunches during the regular school year and do not have adequate food during the summer vacation period while school is out."
"In researching the summer food options a contact was made with Manna Food Bank of Asheville, NC, who was able to provide summer lunch bags at no cost as long as the community could set up a distribution mechanism."
"Funds were acquired from local organizations and churches to provide food to supplement the Manna supplied bags due to the long periods of time between food availability periods for the children."
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Poverty Numbers in the US:
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"In 2016, 40.6 million people lived in Poverty USA. That means the poverty rate for 2016 was 12.7%."
"...in 2016, 13.8% of men, and 16.3% of women lived in Poverty USA."
"...the poverty rate for married couples in 2016 was only 5.1% - but the poverty rate for single-parent families with no wife present was 13.1%, and for single-parent families with no husband present was 26.6%. In 2016, the poverty rate for people living with a disability was 21.0%. That’s more than 4 million people living with a disability—in poverty."
"In 2016, 21.2% of all children (15.3 million kids) lived in Poverty USA—that’s almost 1 in every 5 children."
"...official census data gives seniors a 2016 poverty rate of only 9.3%, the Supplemental Poverty Measure, which accounts for expenses such as the rising costs of health care, raises the senior poverty rate to 14.5%."
"the highest poverty rate by race is found among Native Americans (27.6%), with Blacks (26.2%) having the second highest poverty rate, and Hispanics (of any race) having the third highest poverty rate (23.4%). Whites had a poverty rate of 12.4%, while Asians had a poverty rate at 12.3%."
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Poverty in NC:
(Brian Kennedy)
"In 2016, more than 1.5 million North Carolinians faced serious barriers in just paying for the basics such as food, rent, and transportation."
"Poverty in North Carolina is still higher than pre-recession levels. The state’s poverty rate was 15.4 percent in 2016, down from 16.4 percent in 2015."
"North Carolina has higher rates of poverty, deep poverty, and child poverty than the majority of states. The state’s poverty rate, child poverty rate, and deep poverty rate rank 13th, 17th, and 15th highest in the nation, respectively."
"More North Carolinians live in areas of concentrated poverty. The state’s metropolitan areas are experiencing some of the largest growths in the number of people living in high-poverty neighborhoods."
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Poverty in Clay County, NC:
(ACS 5-Year Estimate; Census Bureau)
The population of Clay County is 10,730 people. Of those 10,730 people, 16.2% are living in poverty (1,731 out of 10,730 people).
"The largest demographic living in poverty is Male 45-54, followed by Female 45-54 and then Female 35-44."
"The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Clay County, NC is White, followed by Black or African American and Hispanic or Latino."
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Poverty Rates Around the World:
(Anup Shah)
"Almost half the world — over three billion people — live on less than $2.50 a day. At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day. More than 80 percent of the world's population lives in countries where income differentials are widening."
Of the 2.2 billion children in the world, 1 billion are living in poverty. That's every second child.
"According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty. And they 'die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death.'"
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Conditions Adding to Poverty:
"The
majority of the global
poor live in rural areas, are poorly educated, employed in the agricultural sector, and under 18 years of age."
"The latest projections show that if we continue down a business-as-usual path, the world will not be able to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030."
"Access to good schools, health care, electricity, safe water, and other critical services remains elusive for many people, often determined by socioeconomic status, gender, ethnicity, and geography."
"The
World Bank
defines “extreme poverty” as living on less than $1.90 a day, or about $694 a year."
Extras on Worldly Poverty Rates
8.3% of the world's population live in extreme poverty.
"The global population living in extreme poverty has fallen below 750 million for the first time since the World Bank began collecting global statistics in 1990, a decline of more than 1 billion people in the past 25 years." (
Sept. 19, 2018)
Extras on US Poverty Rates:
"The U.S. poverty rate dropped to 12.3% of the population in 2017 from 12.7% in 2016."