Combating poverty

Poverty in the United States

Even the world's richest nations like the United States is not immune to the problem of poverty. This paper takes a critical look at poverty and political struggle against poverty in the United States. In this article, argued that poverty is caused by several factors. This document also includes the liberal conservatives to reduce poverty in America. Conservatives have focused on individual factors such as differences wide outbreak family wage, the factors of race and other grounds, while the Liberals have focused on the structural transformation of the U.S. economy to explain the persistence of poverty. Since 1960, federal and state governments have responded with policies that address the problem with mixed results. In this article we have studied policies and recommended possible ways to control the rebellious nature of poverty.

According to Sen (1981), "the poor are those whose consumption of lower quality standards, or whose income is below this line. The word "poverty" suggests destitution, unable to provide a family with nutritious food, clothing and affordable housing. More than thirty-six million Americans live below the official poverty line of U.S. (Blank, 2007). That means a family of three earning less than $ 16,000 for one person earns $ 10.300 per year (White, 2007, p. 17). Millions struggle more each month to pay for basic needs or short-savings when they lose their jobs or facing emergency health. Job cuts, high unemployment, foreclosures and products for food and gas prices continue to stimulate the formulation of policies to improve the condition of the poor.

Poverty is closely associated with poverty and suffering. The lost potential of children in poor households and low productivity and incomes of poor adults are associated with poor health, increased crime and broken neighborhoods. Child poverty in general, leads to health care in poor neighborhoods and high crime. The persistent child poverty is estimated to cost 500 billion U.S. dollars U.S. dollars year, about 4% of Gross national product Gross Domestic Product (Blank, 2007, p. 1).

One in eight Americans lives in poverty and poverty in the United States is much higher than in many developed countries (Rebecca Blank, 2007, p.1). Inequality has a registry. The richest 1 percent of Americans in 2005 held the largest share of national income (19%) since 1929 (Rebecca Blank, 2007, p. 2). While the poorest 20% of Americans had only 3.4% of the nation's income (Rebecca Blank, 2007, p.2).

Colorado, despite being surrounded by the magnificent scenery of Rocky and know a cool mountain climate has many homeless. The researchers found that an increasing number parent families, lack of jobs for workers Low wages and low rates of high school graduates have contributed to the growth of poverty in Colorado. The rate Colorado poverty increased from 9.2% in 2000-2001 to 10.6% in 2005-2006, while the poverty rate in the United States increased by 11.5% in 2000-2001 to 12.5% in 2005-2006 (Centre for Law and Policy, 2006, p.1). Most of these poor unfortunate people suffer from mental health problems.

Causes poverty

Policy analysts are trying to explore many considered direct and indirect causes of poverty in the United States to formulate policies effective in combating poverty. The work of scholars like Corley (2003), Sowell (2004), Iceland (2006), Jencks (1992), James Tobin (1993) and others have shown the irreducible character of poverty is not the result of a single factor, but the interaction of a variety of causes. The distribution of family and other social causes and structural changes in the economy, have contributed to the failure of society to eradicate poverty despite ardent efforts by political analysts.

individual explanations of poverty in particular highlights the factors motivational and attitudinal factors or human capital. Therefore, lack of motivation among the leading causes need of poverty. generous social programs, sometimes affect the mood of the beneficiaries and they prefer to stay home and enjoy the benefits instead of working exterior. Murray (1984) argues that people prefer to stay on welfare because of lack of motivation to leave welfare programs.

Formulation and the proliferation of policies to combat poverty has been one of the main concerns of the U.S. government since 1960. The level of education is necessary to obtain gainful employment. Primary school, and lack of appropriate skills and motivation of the poor of the situation is the main cause of poverty. People are well equipped with skills, more technical workers get jobs so that people who have left schools to low hourly wages. During the 1960s when former U.S. President Lyndon Johnson began to implement the U.S. "War on poverty" was a great emphasis on education (Jencks, 1992). Lyndon Johnson administration, even invested in programs such as the head of the training and updating poor knowledge and prevent future generations to work in low paid jobs. Scholars such as Sowell (2004) and Corley (2003) emphasized individual-level factors the root causes of poverty. They argue that compensation is based on a person's academic qualifications and skills. Sowell (2004) argues that lack of knowledge adequate has affected the ability of the poor out of poverty are many. It also argues that there was an increase in poverty rates for unskilled Americans, who have lost jobs to Asian immigrants. Corley (2003) also supports the previous argument regarding the lack of education "as a source of entrenched poverty. Low Quality of Education with little funding, the results of the downtown school in some skills leading to jobs with low wages and other miseries associated with She and the possibility of paying less for housing, food, clothing, medical care, poor neighborhoods, funding problems for schools, and increased risk of severe disease (Corley, 2003).

Many researchers have argued that structural changes are the main reason for the persistence of poverty in the United States. The structuralists focus on issues such as unemployment, discrimination in education, institutional racism and economic change to explain the causes of poverty. The researchers say that the inability to provide decent jobs to pay for certain American families and the ineffectiveness of public policies of America to reduce poverty are primarily the result of structural problems and processes. Poverty has its roots in the structure of American society. Rank, 2004 supports this view, arguing that the lack of human capital tends to place individuals in a vulnerable state when events and crises occur. The impact of these events as the loss of employment, family breakdown and health problems often resulting in poverty. These unhappy people unable to handle these situations are often pay more. The researchers also argue that the acquisition of human capital is strongly influenced by the impact of social class in the process (Rank, 2004). Apart from a poor family, race and sex also play a role in the acquisition of human capital (Mark Robert Rank, 2004).

Globalization the expansion of credit markets leads to greater debt crisis led to the recession in 2008, point to the growth of poverty. Iceland (2006) focused mainly economic factors and argues that poverty is also a product of deindustrialization. Since the movement of U.S. manufacturing plan, the company industrial to a service-oriented high-tech society, many blue-collar jobs that require little education, but well paid have been lost or outsourced. The rural areas such as Appalachia, suffer loss of jobs in the mines, and cities such as Detroit lost many manufacturing jobs in automation factory or abroad. Some people are unable to maintain employment or to work in the neighborhoods are left without jobs and tax base to support necessary social functions as schools, public transport, police, and so on. Others simply can not find a job because of the transition to a service-based economy, in economic terms, these people are structurally unemployed due to the changing skills required. Tobin (1993) supports this view and focuses on the disappearance jobs in the 1900s as the main reason for countries not eradicate poverty. Recent data show that employment in the U.S. housing crisis and crisis in credit markets in America the threat of rising poverty levels. Isidoro (2008) reports that job losses are widespread, with the sector Construction lost 51,000 battered jobs and manufacturing employment fell by 48,000 in 2008. sector employment fell by 12,000 jobs, the professional services firms and employers to reduce its workforce by 35,000. The unemployment rate rose to 6.1% in September from 4.9% in January (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2008).

Kelso (1994), shows that over the last forty years there has been a major shift in U.S. companies first west and then south. Part of this change is attributable to the increase of the cold war and the government's decision to expand U.S. military power (Kelso, 1994). He argues that while U.S. chose to invest more in defense and aerospace industry, cities such as Seattle and Los Angeles on the West Coast began well, while the growth of high technology and technology-based information led to the growing wealth of California and the Bay of San Francisco. Later, with the expansion of the system Interstate highways and job growth, markets have been created in the south.

Iceland (2006) also argues that although the services sector economy has created millions of jobs, but an increasingly polarized income distribution by level of education among the poor paying jobs jobs well paid. He supports a Marxist analysis of class struggle and exploitation and stressed enabling business owners to hire cheap labor maximize profits. This also explains the influx of cheap labor in the U.S. Mexico and other countries. Improving access to credit has put cars, computers, credit cards, and even homes within reach of much of the working poor. But this market consolidation low-income consumers has a dark side. Roubini notes that "Access to credit should be to help people on low incomes, but become an opportunity for social and economic development becomes in a debt trap for many trying to move up (Grow and Epstein, 2007).

Despite the public assistance and initiatives by both federal and state governments, poverty still exists. Careful analysis of the situation and formulate effective policies it is necessary to solve the problem of poverty in the United States USA. Ranking among the scholars as (2004), White (2007) and others have shown that the U.S. government spend less funds for poverty than any other country industrialized. Therefore, a major structural failure in the political arena (Rank, 2004). Most European countries offer a wide range of insurance programs, unemployment assistance, and universal health coverage with considerable support child care (Rank, 2004). These social programs are much more generous than the U.S. (Rank, 2004). Thus, families with low income in the United States to work more than other countries, are not yet able to compensate for public support income low compared with their European counterparts (Blank, 2007, 141-142).

The inequities between the poor in the United States along lines racial led many researchers to speculate that institutional racism is largely responsible for poverty in the United States. Racial discrimination in employment and education contribute to the growth of poverty. Some researchers, such as Massey and Denton (1993) to interpret the statistics in terms of institutional racism, while others as Kelso (1994) to interpret the statistics as evidence of the deficiencies and the suffering of blacks. Despite efforts to eliminate racism, slavery and Jim Crow segregation, Massey and Denton (1993) argue that racial segregation that still exists and that the root cause of poverty among African Americans segregation. They argue that segregation has created and perpetuated a black underclass, limiting employment opportunities and education. Massey and Denton (1993) have shown that blacks have made houses in racially mixed areas or areas adjacent to areas that are predominantly black.

In addition, changing patterns of family formation are more pronounced in groups racial and ethnic groups. Family structures are also one of the causes of poverty in the United States. There are great differences between wages. In 2004, median income of male workers was $ 40,798 FTYR, compared with $ 31,223 for women FTYR (Denavit-Walt et al, 2005), Pearce (1978) argues that "poverty is becoming a female problem. Iceland (2006) supports this claim and found that in 2000 the poverty rate women (12.5%) was 26% higher than the poverty rate among men (9.9%) (Iceland, 2006). According to Iceland, women are less affluent than men, and are more likely to be single mothers. It also leads to a greater likelihood single, divorced or widowed women are poorer than their male counterparts because to lower revenues from social security or retirement income from other higher female life expectancy. lower wages for women, lower retirement benefits and the growing number of single mothers led some commentators to speak of the "feminization of poverty."

Federal Policies

After the Second World War in 1963, the employment policies of President John F. Kennedy tax can not eliminate the problem of the poverty. Poverty continues to be recognized as a national problem. President Lyndon B. Johnson's war "s poverty have led to a multitude of programs including Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, aid to families with dependent children, and others. These rights may be consumed half the federal budget and could not fight poverty. The U.S. economy has been devastated by the recession of 1979-83 when the United Statess manufacturing infrastructure has been destroyed by the rate of interest Federal Reserve causing rising unemployment increased sixty-five per cent in four years (Cook, 2007). In late 1980, the economy was in another recession, which leading to the election of Bill Clinton, who in 1992 replaced the head of George HW Bush. The investment boom of the 1990s was driven by foreign capital are recruited by Treasury policies strong dollar. Jobs have been created as the dot.com bubble expanded, reduced trade barriers, and utility giants like Enron off economically. NAFTA was enacted to promote free trade, welfare at work reduced the low-income women in the labor market, and the Earned Income Tax Credit has been extended. The evening ended when the market collapsed in December 2000 and millions of people lost their retirement savings and other investments. The recession became even George W. Bush was declared president of the Supreme Court of the United States in December 2000. The economic crisis has worsened after September 11, 2001 attacks the $ 1.4 trillion of wealth has disappeared during the worst five trading days since the Great Depression (Cook, 2007). Cook (2007) argues that at present, poverty is becoming a national disaster. Cook (2007) states that from 2002-2006, the economy has been proposed by the housing bubble, with many low-income people to enter the house of their own thanks to the proliferation of subprime loans. With the financial difficulties of late 2008, many U.S. citizens with prices are inflated and do not afford property.

Among the initiatives of the 1960s and the declaration of "Unconditional war on poverty" by the former President Lyndon Johnson had a discrete change in the federal government intervene to improve the situation poor economic Americans. Despite billions of dollars spent on programs such as CETA (Comprehensive Education Law Employment), Development and Workforce Education Act preschool and primary and secondary legislation, the government's efforts to address the root causes of poverty have had minimal success. During this period, the implementation of the Social Security retirement nearly all workers insured against the risk withdrawal of outliving their savings. The Social Security Act 1935 sought to protect the incomes of those who were not working because age or a poor economy by establishing a federal unemployment insurance, retirement benefits and support women. In early 1964, the two most urgent priorities of the agenda to fight poverty of President Johnson involved passing tax cuts strong boost to the economy and the organization of a working group to shape the "war on poverty." Economic Opportunity Act (EOA), signed by Johnson has created a long list of programs to help people develop skills, political power, location and suitability. But this bill to combat poverty supervised programs such as Community Action, Job Corps, Head Start Program VISTA (1965), legal services (1965) that were not under it. Although important programs such as food stamps, Medicare for the elderly, Medicaid is applied to poor residents qualified primary and secondary education for law students poor shadow of the EOA. The Higher Education Act eased the financial burden of millions of college students. The Civil Rights Act opened up new market spaces U.S., while the Voting Rights Act does the same in the political market. The Fair Housing Act created an important basis of the law against discrimination housing. Therefore, the EOA was losing its importance. Once again, Murray (1984) argues that social benefits have reached such heights in order to live in poverty as a viable option for the poor. Even Burton (1992) supported the above view and states that the programs were more due to poverty than to reduce it.

When Nixon became president, tried to address poverty more directly focus on social programs. . Although President Nixon expressed his displeasure much of the war on poverty, their government has responded to public pressure and most of the programs and expand the welfare state through the liberalization the food stamp program, the indexing of Social Security to inflation, and the passage of a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for disabled Americans (Rank, 2004). The Nixon administration also approved a new "federalism" in which the federal government transferred more authority over social enterprises the state and local communities. His plan to implement the "Family Assistance Plan (FAP) is composed of various provisions in relation to income, working arrangements, and training arrangements for those below the poverty line (Rank, 2004). He could not pass the Senate as well as programs to better jobs and Income ", initiated by President Carter in the following years. Welfare reform continued as center of federal policy debate, even after the legislative defeat of FAP. Although negative cash income "tax" (NIT) for all the poor never have happened, Food Stamp Program provides benefits national food stamp varying according to family size, regardless of their state of residence or lifestyle or marital status. The number of beneficiaries the AFDC increased from about 6 to 11 million and the number of food stamp recipients, about one million to 19 million during the Nixon administration (Danziger, 1999, p. 8). Danziger (1999) also argues that the increased money and benefits in kind shall be made available to a larger percentage of poor, disincentives to work and fiscal costs of social programs have been tested. The public and politicians have come to think of social assistance beneficiaries increased as evidence that programs subsidizing dependency and encouraging idleness.

Despite the failure to adopt a program of guaranteed income, the number of beneficiaries and the amount of money spent on welfare programs increased significantly during the 1970s (Rank, 2004). Rank (2004) gave an overview of the policies of Reagan and noted that Reagan said the move without obstacles Individual government interference, rejected social engineering in the 1960s and supported federalism, ie the power to return to the States instead of centralized in the federal government. Reagan tried to solve the problem and set the tone for reform social which took place in 1990 during the reign of his successor. The Reagan administration believed eligibility for welfare benefits had grown so much that many people they were not really need benefits "received." The Reagan administration against simultaneous reception of wages and social benefits. Instead, he proposed welfare to become a safety net, providing cash assistance only for those who can not find employment.

Tax Credit Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), enacted in 1975, offers a poor working families with a refundable tax credit (ie, the family receives payment from the IRS Internally, if the credit exceeds tax for). Thus, the EITC raises the effective wage of low-income families, is available in two-parent families, and do not need to apply for welfare. The maximum EITC for a poor household is $ 400 in 1975 and rose to $ 550 in 1986 (Danziger, 1999, P. 14). The Tax Reform Act 1986 has increased the EITC in 1990, a low-income working parents receive a maximum credit of $ 953 (Danziger, 1999, p. 14). The number of families receiving loans increased by between 5 and 7.5 million families per year between 1975 and 1986 to more than 11 million since 1988 (Danziger, 1999, p. 14). Danziger, 1999 holds that as the expansion of the EITC supplements low wages, it became easier for politicians to focus on policy reform assistance social that could bring all the recipients of jobs rather than train them to "good jobs." Thus, he argues that if the recipient does not have a job with low wages, a significant EITC could make work pay as much as a job with higher wages paid in the absence of an EITC.

Support Family Law (FSA) of 1988 expanded the scope of the AFDC for families with two parents, child care and home for transitional Medicaid recipients to leave being at work, and the states added funds to establish programs to move more recipients of employment assistance. When assistance has increased in 1980s and early 1990s, from 11 to about 14 million beneficiaries, the welfare of discontent rose again (Danziger, 1999).

President Nixon identified the two main economic problems, inflation and unemployment, which justifies the need for economic recovery for American workers. Reagan emphasized the despair caused by unemployment combined with high inflation. Reagan's rhetorical construction of social assistance and protection system aimed at reducing social anxiety among Americans caused by increased taxes, inflation and constant fear of losing their jobs. To end this victimization, Reagan proposed an economic stimulus plan (Rank, 2004). In addition to reducing public spending, particularly spending on social programs, Reagan was also suggested that state governments to take control of aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) and food stamps in exchange for federal control of Medicaid. Although this proposal for reach the floor of Congress, his presentation of the proposal for the exchange and AFDC Food Stamps Medicaid poverty due to a local concern (rank Mark Robert, 2004).

Liberals and conservatives continue to disagree on other goals of welfare programs in the workplace. Liberals thought reform social welfare must increase opportunities for welfare mothers to receive training and work experience to help raise the standard of living of their families, working higher and higher wages. The Conservatives said the demands of work, mothers to the welfare obligations in exchange for government support or not the income of your family increased (Mead, 1992).

Years past efforts by President Clinton also highlighted empowerment as a way to help beneficiaries assistance and accumulate more savings without penalty and expand tax credit on income (Blank, 2007). By the mid-1990s, the focus of policy previous poverty reduction to reduce welfare dependency. President Clinton signed Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation of 1996 (PRWORA) ended entitlement to cash assistance and has radically changed the nature of the social safety net. The law created the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF). TANF began on July 1, 1997, provides cash assistance to needy families with dependent children of America in the United States Department of Health and Human Services (The Center for American Progress Task Force on Poverty, 2007). Danziger, 1999 ll claims that the State could decide which families to help subject only the obligation to receive "fair and equitable." When you create a block grant program, the PRWORA gave states the opportunity to design their own systems, provided that the States comply with a basic set of federal requirements. Bill focused to end welfare as a right, puts a limit lifetime of five years on benefits paid by federal funds, and also aims to encourage two-parent families and discouraging births outside marriage. By providing greater flexibility for States to develop their own programs, some states decided to impose additional requirements on recipients. Although the law established a limit time for benefits financed by federal funds no more than 2 consecutive years and not more than five years during a lifetime, some states have adopted limits more stringent. All States, however, have allowed exceptions with the intent of not punishing children because their parents have exceeded the time limit. Federal requirements have ensured a certain uniformity among the states, but the block grant approach has led individual states to distribute federal funds from different ways. Some states actively encourage more education, others use the money to help private funding to help jobseekers. PRWORA offers no opportunity to work in exchange for welfare benefits when the beneficiary reaches the lifetime limit of 60 months of cash assistance by the federal government. But the reform has certain limitations. States can not use federal block grant funds to provide more than a cumulative total life expectancy of 60 months of cash assistance to a person welfare, without taking into account matters which might be willing to work for their benefits, and have the opportunity to establish a shorter period. States may grant exceptions to the limits of life and continue to use federal funds to a maximum of 20 percent of the workload. The magnitude of work expectations have also risen. single-parent recipients without children under the age of less than one year are expected to work at least 30 hours per week for 2002 to maintain eligibility for cash assistance (Danziger, 1999, p 20). States may request the participation in work or work-related activities, regardless of age of youngest child. As PRWORA emerged from the research that seeks to reduce poverty and dependence on welfare (Danziger, 1999). In the 1990s, following Clinton's call to "end welfare as we know, the politicians stepped up their demands of work and beneficiaries of government bonds is reduced and the funds to your service (Danziger, 1999).

When Bush took office in 2001, the United States suffer from a national surplus, unemployment and poverty had been declining for years, and the economy was booming. Today, almost six years later, poverty is increasing coverage of health care is in decline and the country faces the largest deficit in our national history. Families with lower middle class slowly slipping below the line and the poor are getting poorer. Most of these families are headed by women.

President Bush has extended the TANF. There was a political initiative in the government's general economic recovery Bush, but nothing targeting low-income Americans has been enacted. President Bush signed the economic stimulus package (HR 5140) into law in the hope to give new impetus if necessary to coat the economy. The package includes tax cuts for individuals, tax breaks for businesses, and increased Rainfed Federal Housing Administration loans from $ 417,000 to $ 729,750 (compared to the White House, 2008). More than 130 million people are expected a tax rebate ranging from $ 300 to $ 1,200 per household for those earning $ 75,000 or less and couples earning up to $ 150,000 (compared to the White House, 2008). Although the stimulus package will provide financial assistance for millions of people, not for those who need it, because it includes an extension of benefits unemployment, energy assistance, the food stamp benefits or tax relief to states for Medicaid.

From the above analysis, one wonders if the poor are responsible for their own condition. The above analysis implies that the recipients become dependent and lethargic due to the enormous welfare measures. Academics like Murray (1984) and Kilty and Segal (2006) have focused on individual factors. They argue that welfare measures and the absence of the spirit and motivation to help destitute poverty. Danziger said that during 1999 the increase was Nixon's welfare measures encourages laziness. Kilty and Segal, 2006 also argues that the poor can escape in a state of self-sufficiency by learning attitude of dependence on employment and appropriate skills. Kilty and Segal, 2006 argue that the importance of the reform approach welfare and love "tough" eventually help the poor, making them aware of their condition and make them take responsibility. emphasis Bill Clinton on "personal responsibility" and measures to "end welfare as we know in 1992 all holders of the above argument.

Due to the implementation of TANF, the number of people on welfare has declined. Thus, funds accumulate. In 1996, the number of beneficiaries was 12,644,076 CDA, while In 2001 the number of TANF recipients was 5.91, 811 and the poverty rate has also reduced from 13.7 to 11.3 (Kilty and Segal, 2006), while in 2008 is 1,628,422 (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services). The proportion of single mothers on welfare (in the number of cases based Body divided by the number of population) has increased 38 percent in 1969 to 48 percent in 1980, but dropped to 30 percent in 1998 (Kilty and Segal, 2006). These changes in the number of cases are very widespread, with each state, with a decreasing number of important cases. This decline has been broadly welcomed by politicians as an indication that policies aimed at reducing welfare dependency and move low-skilled adults in the labor market have been very effective (Blank, 2007). But nevertheless White argues that the welfare cuts will not affect the poverty rate. The poverty rate in 2007 was 12.5 percent, slightly higher than the 12.3 percent level in 2006. The poverty rate has risen for four consecutive years from 2000 to 2004. In 2007, the poverty rate was 1.2 percentage points higher than it was in 2000 (White, 2007).

State welfare initiatives

Most states made an important decision on reform, and this decision was sensible in the light of state goals and experience. A few states do not have to make serious political reform. New York has been so deeply divided that it has not taken seriously the decisions AFDC (Mead, 2002). Alabama and Missouri were pushed into reform by the federal state and appeared to be little political protection itself (Mead, 2002). In several other Southern states (Florida, North Carolina), the policy seems to be relaxed and personalized with the governor or the legislature offers reform plan, apparently, little research or evidence behind them (Mead, 2002). Texas politics was incompatible with the state claims are early works, but based its policy on a program experimental focused much more on education and training (Mead, 2002). States have always insisted on reform. But sometimes reduced contributions to these plans after a total failure of the program. Mead (2002) argues that in Florida and Georgia, however, the bureaucracy has been driven by the reform, but has shown little commitment to it. In Arizona and California, the agency or large cities has been very committed to a skills-oriented approach to the welfare and resisted the move to the first work. In Texas, reform the name is a lower priority to administrators of programs for the reconstruction of non-employment assistance and other initiatives. In Colorado and New Jersey, local agencies had a history of defiance of the state government, which prevented them from fully endorsing reforms adopted in the capital. Mead (2002) argues that, despite the creation Employment Service (ES), an employment agency funded by the federal government placement and training programs under the Partnership Act Job Training (JTPA), poverty rate has not improved. After welfare programs enacted national working for the first time in 1967, the ES incurred welfare practices. But because the signal is routine service for job seekers who have come voluntarily, usually performed poorly with welfare clients (Mead, 2002). These Job seekers approached her mandatory as a condition for assistance. To achieve them, the agency had to respect the work, employment but also support special services. The ES often these two conflicting roles (Mead, 2002). The SE has been observed on the role of entrepreneurs and later welfare in 1988, the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) has merged the JTPA ES, and other programs not work well-being. But this merger also created confusion. The problems are the lack of clear procedures to refer clients to WIA, to serve there, or to report results well. States that lack of coordination and lack of information systems management (GIS) Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Washington, West Virginia, Florida, Georgia and Tennessee.

public sector reform in Colorado has been associated with a decrease in the poverty rate. In late 2000, the unemployment rate in Colorado fell 2.6 percent, personal income showed steady gains, the case of the welfare state decreased dramatically, and state legislators grappling with an estimated $ 833 million revenue surplus (Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute, 2001). But despite all these facts, poverty persists as expenses such as child care, their own pocket medical expenses, and geographical differences housing costs have increased. The increases occurred even after adjusting for income support and tax relief, food stamps and school lunch programs, housing subsidies and energy assistance. A report published in 2001 by Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute found that a single mother with two young children living Denver County would have to earn an annual salary about $ 39,924 to cover basic needs such as housing, food, health, child care and transport, without public or private assistance. Although the child poverty rate is high in Colorado. Approximately 180,000 children, 15.7 percent of total state of life has been in poverty in Colorado in 2006, up 73 percent since 2000 (Frosch, 2008). Status of the Colorado Child care for families buying income eligible for the Colorado Child Care Assistance Program (ACABQ). The state allows counties to set the purchase price of care services and make payments to suppliers of combination of fees from parents and federal, state and county funds. However, the Colorado Office of Resource and Referral Services (Run) in a 2001 study that payment of county average fell below 75 percent of market value (Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute, 2001, p. 9). In counties providers required result subsidize the cost of service to low income many were simply unwilling to do when limited slots could be filled with families who could pay full fare. Other vendors that have chosen not to refuse service to families simply CCCAP saved money by limiting the number of children they accept CCCAP, cut programs or reduce the wages of workers. All these actions are limited availability and quality of care for low-income children sacrificed. Poverty still exists in Colorado Despite efforts to alleviate poverty who live too many working families with incomes below the poverty line and more families who earn too low to meet their basic needs. The government initiated the Common Good Colorado Caucus in 2007 to develop a program in 2009, focusing on K-12 education and determined that laboratory technologies and market an investment of $ 4.5 billion bioscience industry, the Fund's support for clean energy to reduce the high costs the usefulness of the family, the Colorado solar incentives with 2 million rebates for photovoltaic and solar thermal systems to help unite terminal to the new energy economy and reduce utility bills (state Rep. Andy Kerr, 2008). The poor can not pay the full cost of heating and lighting their homes. Governments and social service agencies have greatly helped low-income taxpayers to pay their bills through programs such as Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Funds welfare check fuel level, discounts, home weatherization, efficiency energy, education, energy use and debt management. If all Americans live in homes heated and energy efficiency and income to pay their share of utility bills, all other taxpayers save nearly $ 6,000,000,000 cost of poverty, including fuel assistance, rope rescue and other assistance, weatherization and efficiency costs, the costs of late payment and disconnection of service (Oppenheim and MacGregor, 2007).

Recommendations

From the above analysis, it is clear that poverty is still widespread because of the economic system stratification and social welfare measures. According to Iceland (2003), on the one hand, economic growth and technological changes contribute to increased wages and living conditions in general. Economic growth is accompanied by levels of education that improves the condition of people. On the other hand, the economy market often has the opposite effect on poverty levels (Iceland, 2003). To maximize profits, Business usually aim to pay salaries workers with low inequality and increasing poverty. Again, the policy may increase or reduce the harmful effects of inequality. The combination of factors highlighted by two liberals and conservatives, poverty is multidimensional. I think it would be national efforts against poverty. Employment opportunities for all, for workers and their families can escape poverty, basic needs and save for the future. hourly wage Crescent undoubtedly improve the condition of these people. Lower proportion of low-income workers without jobs, unemployment insurance benefits. I think the states (with federal assistance) should reform the suitability "rules monetary prevent low-wage workers, broaden eligibility for part-time workers and workers who have lost their jobs due to circumstances compelling family. Workers should use this period of unemployment and money received from the unemployment insurance system and improve their skills and qualifications. Thus, Adults should have the opportunity throughout their lives to connect to work, get more education, and live in a nice neighborhood and move in the labor market.

with child care for low-income families and focus on K-12 education undoubtedly reduce the poverty rate the United States. The only low-income youth in college than their counterparts with higher incomes. Pell Grants play a crucial role for low-income students. Simplifying the application process Pell Grant, and encourage institutions to do more to raise graduation rates of students without doubt improve the situation. The expansion of the Pell Grant program would higher education accessible to residents of each state. States, at the same time, they must also develop strategies to make higher education available to all residents. Credit expansion to knowledge would encourage saving for education, homeownership, and retirement. Consequently, all Americans have assets that they can withstand periods of volatility and resources that can be essential to upward economic mobility. Outside knowledge of credit expansion holders of an income tax credit would increase incomes and helps families build assets. Therefore, it should be an opportunity for all, for children grow in conditions that maximize their chances of success.

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