The Poor Kids of Silicon Valley
A CNN Change the List Project
http://www.cnn.com/videos/opinions/2015/02/25/change-the-list-poverty-jungle-sutter-orig-ba.cnn
Increasing Minimum Wage:
$10.10 reduces 4% which is approximately 400,000 children in poverty.
Early Childhood Education"
reduces childhood poverty by 3%
(Iceland)
Give Poor Families Cash:
Cherokee members stipend
22% decrease in crimes
40% decrease in behavioral issues
Escaping Life in Poverty
- $60,000 to $100,000 needed for a family of four to escape poverty in California.
- Families in poverty usually include two full-time working adults.
- 1 in 20 children live on less than $2.00 a day.
Silicon Valley
- One of the wealthiest places in the country.
- Apple and Google were created in a grarge here
- But garages are being used in Silicon Valley for other reasons...
- One in three children are at risk of hunger- food pantries are unable to keep up with the demand in Silicon Valley.
Rich & Stacey
What will work?
What will help?
http://www.cnn.com/videos/opinions/2015/02/25/change-the-list-poverty-working-shelter-sutter-orig-ba.cnn
http://www.cnn.com/videos/opinions/2015/02/25/change-the-list-poverty-garage-sutter-orig-ba.cnn
- Housing Subsidies
- Increasing Minimum Wage
- Early Education
- Cash for Poor Families
"The Tales of Two Valleys"
But really it's the tale of Two America's.
- Nationally, one in five children live below the poverty line.
- In America, where we have a GDP of $18.1 trillion (highest in the world), we have developed the 2nd highest rate of child poverty.
- 23% of children live below the poverty line in California
- Do you feel Silicon Valley reflects the rest of America?
Why or why not?
(In other words, is this a California problem or an American problem?)
Housing Subsidies:
- Would reduce child poverty by 20.8%
- That's more than the population of San Francisco and Philadelphia.
- 23.5 billion is the cost, but U.S. loses 500 billion to poverty.
- "Housing is the single most expense for most families and continually growing out of reach." Children Defense Fund, 2015 report
- Of the 4 policies, which are you in favor of? Why?