Putting Child Poverty in the Time-out

Chair

Brad Wiggins

Objective: To educate teenager’s about being financially ready for children to reduce the number of children born into poverty.

Community Need Chart

Single Mother Households in Poverty 2007-11Location Percent Number of Households Syracuse 54% 8,161Onondaga CO. 37% 16,533NYS 37% 665,660

Community Need Chart Data

Source: American Community Survey, 2009 single year estimates and 2005-2009 5 year estimates

454,753 138,562

Onondaga County Syracuse City New York State United States

2005-2009 ACS

PERCENTAGE OF FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WHOSE INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS IS BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL % Margin % Margin % Margin % Margin

All families 9.40% +/-0.4 25.10% +/-1.4 10.50% +/-0.1 9.90% +/-0.1

With related children under 18 years 15.50% +/-0.9 37.50% +/-2.3 15.90% +/-0.2 15.30% +/-0.1

With related children under 5 years only 20.10% +/-2.5 42.60% +/-6.0 15.50% +/-0.4 16.60% +/-0.2

Married couple families 3.40% +/-0.4 10.00% +/-1.7 5.10% +/-0.1 4.80% +/-0.1

With related children under 18 years 4.60% +/-0.7 14.70% +/-3.2 6.80% +/-0.2 6.70% +/-0.1

With related children under 5 years only 5.40% +/-2.3 15.50% +/-6.9 6.60% +/-0.3 6.30% +/-0.1

Families with female householder, no husband present 28.40% +/-1.6 45.10% +/-2.9 26.60% +/-0.3 28.70% +/-0.1

With related children under 18 years 37.50% +/-2.3 55.60% +/-3.4 35.90% +/-0.4 37.10% +/-0.1

With related children under 5 years only 52.00% +/-5.9 67.20% +/-8.4 41.10% +/-1.2 45.60% +/-0.3

Onondaga County Syracuse City New York State United States

2009 ACS All people 13.90% +/-1.4 31.70% +/-3.2 14.20% +/-0.2 14.30% +/-0.1

Under 18 years 19.80% +/-2.8 45.30% +/-6.4 20.00% +/-0.5 20.00% +/-0.2

Related children under 18 years 19.40% +/-2.8 45.00% +/-6.4 19.70% +/-0.5 19.70% +/-0.2

Related children under 5 years 23.50% +/-5.2 47.00% +/-9.4 22.50% +/-0.8 23.20% +/-0.3

Related children 5 to 17 years 18.00% +/-3.3 44.00% +/-7.5 18.60% +/-0.5 18.20% +/-0.2

18 years and over 12.10% +/-1.2 27.70% +/-2.9 12.40% +/-0.2 12.50% +/-0.1

18 to 64 years 13.20% +/-1.4 29.60% +/-3.2 12.70% +/-0.2 13.10% +/-0.1

65 years and over 7.40% +/-1.5 16.00% +/-4.4 11.30% +/-0.3 9.50% +/-0.1

People in families 10.90% +/-1.5 27.80% +/-4.1 11.70% +/-0.3 11.80% +/-0.1

Unrelated individuals 15 years and over 24.30% +/-2.4 39.60% +/-4.0 24.00% +/-0.4 25.40% +/-0.1

Onondaga County Syracuse City New York State United States

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In our community there is too much Child Poverty .The rate is currently 0.54. It would be much better to be closer to 0.This problem is a result of Teen Pregnancies . (USDOJ 2003).

Executive Director, , , , 3 Volunteers, , , Books, Computer, Assessment tests, , 1 classroom, one main office, .

Teenagers will participate in Putting Child Poverty in the Time-Out Chair, a program that Educates Teenagers

the outputs will be a monthly count of how many Teenagers sign up for and participate in the program

The percent of Teen Pregnancies will be lower for those participating in the program as compared to those not participating.

The percent of Child Poverty will be lower for those participating in the program as compared to those not participating.

The community problem of Child Poverty will decline from the current amount of 0.54 closer to the desired lower level of 0.

Logical Appraoch Literature Review

1. “INTERNAL POVERTY AND TEEN PREGNANCY.”Empowering Children and Families can be instrumental in combating teen pregnancies. Many times teenagers lack a deep psychological attitude and an “I can” mentality can really help boost an adolescent's confidence. 2. “As the Pendulum Swings: Teenage Childbearing and Social Concern.” The social stigma for bearing children as almost disappeared and along with that the stigma for not being financially secure as done so as well. This is dangerous as marriage is not only a moral commitment but an economic one as two income earners is better than one for raising a child. 3. “Black Teenage Pregnancy: A Challenge for Educators.”Many times teenagers need to fulfill emotional needs that are not met at their household and they look to a male sex partner for those needs. This may be due to a father being incarcerated, a lack of emotional tenderness from living in the “hood” or a distant bond with a single mother that is often away trying to make enough money to pay for expenses.

Bibliography

Young, T. M., Martin, S. S., Young, M. E., & Ting, L. 2001. INTERNAL POVERTY AND TEEN PREGNANCY. Adolescence. 36(142), 289.

Furstenberg Jr, F. F. 1991. As the Pendulum Swings: Teenage Childbearing and Social Concern. Family Relations, 40(2), 127-138.

Ladner, J. 1987. Black Teenage Pregnancy: A Challenge for Educators. Journal Of Negro Education, 56(1), 53-63.

Evaluation Are you financially stable to support a child right now?

OXO – Observe, get the program, observe again.

Binary Variable

Data Analysis

This shows that for those not in the program there were higher rates of teen pregnancy than not. For those in the program there were higher rates but not as high as the ones out of the program.

Chi Square

.488 > .05 meaning the program is not significant

Logistical Regression

I am not significant .719 > .05 by a lot

Food for thought: Race and Graduate Status are very close .063 and .071

Budget