Module 02 Special Populations Project – Topic The Working Poor Locrastia Parker Rasmussen College Author Note This paper is being submitted on November 26, 2017, for Bobbi Fischer’s HUS4230 Section 02 Administration and Management in Human Services course. Module 02 Special Populations Project – Topic The Working Poor About the Working Poor Families Project (Reports and Publications) Information retrieved at http://www.workingpoorfamilies.org/reports_and_pubs/ The Working Poor Families Project is a national initiative focused on state workforce development policies involving: 1) education and skills training for adults; 2) economic development; and 3) income and work supports. The WPFP supports state nonprofit groups to engage in a two-part, phased process that begins with an in-depth assessment of the economic conditions and state policies affecting working families and is followed by actions to strengthen those conditions and policies. Lundin, L. L. (2013) American Psychological Assoc. Working Poor. Salem Press (Encyclopedia) The working poor describes those who are employed but whose income is below the poverty line established by the government. In most countries that maintain such statistics, the poverty line is a fixed amount in real dollars and is typically only adjusted for inflation. Many countries, including the United States, Canada, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom, have significant portions of their populations that fall into the category of the working poor. Simmons, L. B. (2015). Welfare, the Working Poor, and Labor. Hoboken: Routledge. (E-Book) This volume analyses poverty and welfare reform within a context of low-wage work and the contours of the labor market that welfare recipients are entering. It aims to bring labor into the discussion of welfare reform and creates a bridge between the domains of labor and welfare. Information about income and poverty measures is available at http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/income.htm According to the U.S. Census Bureau, about 45.3 million people, or 14.5 percent of the nation’s population, lived below the official poverty level. Full-time workers continued to be much less likely to be among the working poor than were part-time workers. Among people in the labor force for 27 weeks or more, 4.1 percent of those usually employed full time were classified as working poor, compared with 15.8 percent of part-time workers. Women were more likely than men to be among the working poor. In addition, Blacks and Hispanics continued to be more than twice as likely as Whites and Asians to be among the working poor. I choose the population of the working poor because I consider myself the working poor. The more I work the poorer I become and this is literally and a fact. The world's poor don't need more jobs as much as they need better-paying jobs. Should I/we/they lose employment for any reason, these workers are at constant risk of falling back into extreme poverty. I think the age group between the ages of 18-24 would definitely benefit for the information about the working poor. Would be an eye-opening portrayal of the difficulty of dealing with poverty in this country told from the perspective of people dealing with it every day. The problem of poverty is extremely complex. Each person afflicted with it is different and has their own set of issues, be that addiction, abuse, health problems, lack of education or opportunities, racism/sexism, etc. I would say that poverty is a result of poor life choices and a culture that promotes dependency. The truth seems to Module 02 Special Populations Project – Topic be that we need to attack the problem from a lot of different directions: universal health care, better transportation systems, more compassionate and flexible employers, education that does not suck, stronger families, greater availability of healthy foods, better law enforcement in poor neighborhoods, affordable housing, etc. Alternatives that I might propose would be to further your education, the best way out of lowpaying work is to get a good higher education. But most of the working poor come from struggling communities where schools are not well financed, and kids who attend bad elementary and high schools are far less likely to attend college. Running head: SPECIAL POPULATION CULTURE Reference Page, Introduction, and Conclusion Locrastia Parker Rasmussen College Author Note This paper is being submitted on December 10, 2017 for Bobbi Fischer’s HUS4230 Section 02 Administration and Management in Human Services course. 1 SPECIAL POPULATION CULTURE 2 Reference Page, Introduction, and Conclusion The chosen special population culture is African American women. I chose this culture because it is of high interest to me being a black women in America. There is quite a lot of information available online on the subject. Greene, B. (1994). African American women. This resource explores the cultural history of African American women in the US. It looks at how they developed psychological resilience and vulnerability. Barbee, E. L., & Little, M. (1993). AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN. Theorizing Black Feminisms: The Visionary Pragmatism of Black Women, 182. This book is available online on google books and talks about black feminism activities. ?it brings together exciting work by contemporary black women scholars. Robnett, B. (1997). How long? How long?: African-American women in the struggle for civil rights (p. 93). New York: Oxford University Press. This citation highlights on the plight of black women during the age of civilization in the US. It has quite in-depth information on their struggles and achievements. Mullings, L. (2014). On our own terms: Race, class, and gender in the lives of AfricanAmerican Women. Routledge. This book looks at the cultural and historical perspective of anthropology so as to illuminate the intrinsic connections of the black race. It looks at various aspects of women experiences. http://womenshistory.about.com/od/africanamerican/a/black_women.htm Running head: Module 03 Special Populations Project 3 This is an online resource from the website women history. It looks at the history of notable African American women http://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/populations/REMP/black.html This is an online resource from CDC that looks at the populations of black American Women. The information from the above resources about African American women is suitable across various age groups. It is presented in wholesome nature that allows it to be adopted by both the young and the old. However, the age group that carries more weight is adult women from the ages of eighteen years. This is the age group that would benefit more from the information. There are of course other resources available online that are tailored specifically for the young Black American Women. 
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