Using the two cases provided below, write a 1-2 page paper that compares the two families. Be sure to address the following:Describe the similarities and differences of the two families you chose in regards to structure, functions, successes, dreams, and/or stressors.Explain how looking at these families from a strength-based perspective creates a different relationship than if you focus on the deficits or weaknesses. Give examples based on the two families you have chosen.Create a paragraph that integrates the concept of strength-based perspectives and your work with young children and families. In other words, how will you use this knowledge as an early childhood professional?The Alvarez FamilyMr. and Mrs. Alvarez recently immigrated to the United States from Columbia with four-year-old Jose and five-year-old Maria. Mrs. Alvarez is pregnant and excited that her baby will be born a U.S. citizen. She will have to quit her job soon, as standing on her feet all day is becoming a challenge on her pregnancy. Mr. Alvarez is worried about the financial burdens they will have when the baby arrives. His part-time job brings in a small income. He does not want his wife to seek prenatal care at the local hospital for fear they will find out the family entered the U.S. illegally and will be deported. He wants her to go to his cousin who was a midwife in Columbia.Both children are enrolled in a Head Start program. Maria's teacher is concerned that Maria may not be ready for kindergarten as she scored low on a Kindergarten Readiness assessment. She wants to schedule a conference with the parents, but they have not responded to her calls. She has a take home kit of activities she wants Maria's parents to use with her at home. Both parents want their children to learn English, so they encourage them to watch English channels on TV and be friendly with children in the neighborhood to improve their English.The Johnson FamilyMiss Johnson is a single mother of a 5-month-old boy. Her former boyfriend was recently incarcerated for possession of controlled substances. Miss. Johnson is upset, as she just began the court process of getting child support from him. After her son Tyrone was born, she decided to leave the drug scene and to turn around her life by going to school. Her boyfriend did not agree with her decisions, and that brought the relationship to an end.Miss Johnson is taking classes at night to earn her GED and this enables her to volunteer at her child's Head Start center. She is so intrigued by what she is learning about how children grow and develop that she decided she wants to be a preschool teacher. Her child's teacher tells her about the wonderful Early Childhood Education program at Rasmussen College, but Miss Johnson is worried that she does not have a computer to take courses online.

I will post 5 discussions from other students and I just need you to reply with a 60 word comment. Simple. Gianna LaBarberaMajor Tax Structure; VDAPIn 1985 a huge  volcano erupted near the area that is know as "the ring of fire". The ring of fire is described as an area in the pacific ocean that is extremely prominent due to the fact its near the highest peak of the subduction zone.  The eruption made large amount of gas and rocks pour from the volcano. With these actions more than 23,000 people were killed due to the eruption. Experts suggest that the volcano could have defiantly been avoided in the aspect of saving many people. Due to these events a disaster team known as VDAP (Volcano Disaster Assistance Program), has been working to insure events like these don't transpire again. The VDAP is a group that not only works in the ring of fire area but an assistance programs that allows assistances internationally. The program is used with high technology so that an oncoming hurricane is able to be tracked and help get other people evacuated. The program is ran by the United States Government. The team was contacted so they could be the first to report the problem not only to the United States but globally as well. This enables a sense of diplomatically so that we can help other nations keep their people safe as well. It keeps good peace and an advantage for the United States. The person in charge of this group John Pallister, "these accomplishments are really not mine, it’s our teams and our international partners who really make it all possible" This article I have used to demonstrate and act of innovation in the public sector is also correspond with major tax structure. In order to have such an agency like this ran is built off the idea that the government must fund such event. Especially because it is internationally the work is done government to government. In this scenario the United States does the work in finding the hazards volcanos and then reports to other counties as needed. However depending on what the may happened the VDAP may stop there. Letting another country know thats all that can be done by evacuating there people may be it. However these people also work hand in hand with FEMA which then taken out of the Reserve Fund "Natural Disasters". https://www.govloop.com/meet-govie-making-explosive-difference/ Jeffrey RivanHi Class,My story that I'm bringing you today comes all the way from the Netherlands and how they came up with an idea to better conduct business. In the past, there had been issues with the way they have handled things and have received a lot of backlash from the public and other governments agencies with the way they do things. To remedy this, the Netherlands had groups of people  work to develop solutions to instances where red tape is causing citizens or businesses aggravation with government or other known as Kafka Brigades.  These brigades worked together over a three month period to develop the best plan of action for tacking a certain situation. They would start by looking at it from a business and citizen perspective and one in case used a movie, to detail the user experience.  Experts are then brought in for additional help and guidance, along with business owners and citizens to review the user experience created by the group. The culmination of experts, business owners and citizens working together on the project is when its officially known as a Kafka Brigade, leading them to develop the action plan once the review has been conducted. These brigades have tackled issues regarding restaurant licenses to volunteers working with disabled people. These brigades must take budgeting seriously when developing the action plan. Making a plan with an absurd budget not might see it come to fruition. Being able to allocate resources wisely and plan accordingly is an important skill to have when dealing with government projects. This can also tie in to accounting as well, with the resources and equipment used by the brigades will have to be funded somehow and the plans that emerge from it.http://www.kafkabrigade.org/ (Links to an external site.) joel CroteauThe idea I am talking about today is from the city of New Orleans and how they are dealing with “blighted” properties. Blighted properties are properties either occupied or lived in that fail to meet the minimum requirements of city code. Most of these properties are abandoned and have been since hurricane Katrina. Under the past mayor the city negotiated with FEMA to demolish an additional 919 units and that number has jumped to 4,000 since September 2010.For the properties that were being lived in the city partnered with local non-profits and tapped into federal capital improvement project funds to help those homeowners make repairs and bring their homes back up to code. By improving and demolishing properties, the city has improved their neighborhoods and attracted business owners and new homeowners back to the city. This has led to an increase in tax revenue which then allowed the city to snowball that increase back into the blighted properties problem.While this wasn’t a new innovation that was created it was a realigning of priorities and a better use of available partnerships and federal funding. This helped alleviate the impact these properties had on the local tax districts and helped bring in over 500 new homebuyers and pumped over 100 million dollars into the economy from their capital improvement projects.https://www.nola.gov/performance-and-accountability/blight-report_web/ Moise Limagehello class,Specific implications for conflict sensitivity arise in relation to nomadic populations inrelation to natural resource management and conflict-mediation. This is especially relevantfor the Sahel region, which is witnessing increasing competition for access to land, water andother natural resources, contributing at times to violent and frequent conflict over resourcesessential to maintaining livelihoods. At the same time, a growing population means that localfarmers are encroaching on land previously reserved for grazing while the government’sallocation of land for private use has further reduced grazing areas for pastoral communities.This dynamic has threatened food security and livelihoods, bringing nomadic populationsincreasingly into closer proximity with pastorals. Some of the initiatives discussed above may be supported or facilitated by non-stateproviders. Indeed, one feature of many post-conflict environments may be a high level ofsuch providers, which is also often true in many low-density and remote areas. In thesecontexts, it may be particularly important to build in government oversight roles. There aresome useful examples for how to ‘contract out’ services while maintaining a role forgovernment in fragile and post-conflict contexts.Countries with federal governments have also used such asymmetric arrangements, often toincrease support for and oversight of more marginalized areas. In Australia and Canada, forexample, services to marginalize areas (i.e. with remote and indigenous populations) aredelivered by federal government rather than by decentralizing government entities, despite thefact that service delivery in general is decentralized in these countries. Justin LeeHello everyone,Ever since the world found out about the coronavirus, our level of sanitation has been challenged. We've been forced to change the way we live and how we do simple tasks such as going outside. As the virus became more widespread and more people were getting affected, we had to change the way we do business. Focusing more on education, almost every (if not all) schools and universities have gone to fully remote classes in order to combat the virus and keep students safe from contracting the virus.State and local governments have allowed schools to use the zoom program to help homeschooling students while they are unable to attend school. For those who may not be too familiar with Zoom, It is a program that allows you to video and audio conference with other participants. In a simpler way, it's Skype with your classmates and teacher and you go through the course materials. It's interesting how educators have found a way to continue classes so the school year won't be put on pause. With online classes becoming more popular, I find Zoom to be an awesome thing to offer students providing more free time to do other activities and still be able to get an education without time restriction.Below is an article that talks more about Zoom and its capabilities.https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/03/9561576/zoom-online-meetings-classes-coronavirus (Links to an external site.)