Through education, new programs, and policy the victims of food deserts will become empowered and a new way of life will prevail. Food deserts symbolize the current social –economic climate in our country today.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, a food desert is an area where urban residents live one mile or rural residents live ten miles or more from a supermarket or large grocery store and where the poverty rate is twenty percent or the medium family income is at eighty percent or lower of the median family income.
Due to the large economic disparity, citizens lack access to affordable and healthy foods. On the other hand, there is an overabundance of fast food restaurants and corner stores that are filled with …show more content…
The history of social welfare shows that discrimination and poverty go hand in hand; discrimination may lead those who have been disenfranchised to later qualify in the constraints of the lower socioeconomic class, therefore resulting in welfare dependency amongst the ostracized. Systemic racism is the cause for many of the minority groups to be included in the classification of the lowest quintile. Income mobility within the 5th quintile actually depicts how many African American children whose parents were a part of the middle class ultimately end up on the lower income distribution and nearly half the amount of children that were born to families within the lowest quintile stayed there (Lawrence, Bernstein and Allegretto 2007).
Economic discrimination many times will lead to poverty, thus creating the need for social services, welfare policy, and social welfare policy, all of which help to allocate financial support as to enhance social functioning, allocate goods, and regulate benefits to meet the disenfranchised basic needs. Social welfare policy’s in kind benefits are the most used services in the area of a food desert, such as food stamps or SNAP and Woman, Infant, and Children coupons, both are a part of the general assistance …show more content…
For clients who want to learn more about healthier food options and how to incorporate it into their home, I will assist them in the education process and help them to become more aware of nutrition. In addition, link clients to current programs that exist that can bridge the gap between nutritional needs and the inability to access it.
Easton Neighborhood Community Center provides the community with fresh vegetables through their community garden, which is completely operated by volunteers. This garden supplies produce for two stands. People in the neighborhood can obtain vegetables for a small donation. This will ensure my clients will obtain fresh organic produce that is locally sourced. Additionally, connect clients with programs like the one through the Department of Public Welfare that works with local stores and farmers that allow SNAP benefits. Participants can receive double the amount of purchase wherein they can spend up to ten dollars a week at designated stores and farm stands and receive an additional ten dollars’ worth of
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, a food desert is an area where urban residents live one mile or rural residents live ten miles or more from a supermarket or large grocery store and where the poverty rate is twenty percent or the medium family income is at eighty percent or lower of the median family income.
Due to the large economic disparity, citizens lack access to affordable and healthy foods. On the other hand, there is an overabundance of fast food restaurants and corner stores that are filled with …show more content…
The history of social welfare shows that discrimination and poverty go hand in hand; discrimination may lead those who have been disenfranchised to later qualify in the constraints of the lower socioeconomic class, therefore resulting in welfare dependency amongst the ostracized. Systemic racism is the cause for many of the minority groups to be included in the classification of the lowest quintile. Income mobility within the 5th quintile actually depicts how many African American children whose parents were a part of the middle class ultimately end up on the lower income distribution and nearly half the amount of children that were born to families within the lowest quintile stayed there (Lawrence, Bernstein and Allegretto 2007).
Economic discrimination many times will lead to poverty, thus creating the need for social services, welfare policy, and social welfare policy, all of which help to allocate financial support as to enhance social functioning, allocate goods, and regulate benefits to meet the disenfranchised basic needs. Social welfare policy’s in kind benefits are the most used services in the area of a food desert, such as food stamps or SNAP and Woman, Infant, and Children coupons, both are a part of the general assistance …show more content…
For clients who want to learn more about healthier food options and how to incorporate it into their home, I will assist them in the education process and help them to become more aware of nutrition. In addition, link clients to current programs that exist that can bridge the gap between nutritional needs and the inability to access it.
Easton Neighborhood Community Center provides the community with fresh vegetables through their community garden, which is completely operated by volunteers. This garden supplies produce for two stands. People in the neighborhood can obtain vegetables for a small donation. This will ensure my clients will obtain fresh organic produce that is locally sourced. Additionally, connect clients with programs like the one through the Department of Public Welfare that works with local stores and farmers that allow SNAP benefits. Participants can receive double the amount of purchase wherein they can spend up to ten dollars a week at designated stores and farm stands and receive an additional ten dollars’ worth of