January is Poverty Awareness Month, and the newly released 2024 ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) in Hawai‘i Report reveals alarming insights: over 1 in 3 households statewide (37%) ...
In the United States, 42 million people live in poverty. Nearly 40% of single-mother households are impoverished, and alarmingly, 1 in 3 children raised in poverty stay impoverished through adulthood.
Being poor is expensive. You don’t need to be told that, especially if you’re always living paycheck to paycheck and are struggling to get by; you’ve noticed. Still, when you’re just ...
The cycle of poverty persists when these issues are passed from one generation to the next, making it difficult for individuals to escape. Breaking this cycle requires a multi-dimensional approach ...
Imagine yourself waking up each morning, bundling your children in coats you fear you might not be able to replace. You work multiple jobs to make ends meet, yet the weight of financial instability ...
Youth at risk, when inadequately supported in informal educational settings, are at high risk of perpetuating the cycle of poverty into the next generation. Despite widespread recognition of the ...
Many people who come from generational poverty cycle back into it in three to five years — even if they do get out of it temporarily. So out of those conversations with Johnson, the nonprofit ...
With two-generation support ... childcare—because their future matters just as much. Disrupting the cycle of poverty isn’t about focusing on one person in the family. It’s about centering ...