Anti Poverty And Poverty

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The primary mandate of this analysis is to address the issue of anti-poverty programs and policy overview from a progressive point of view. Poverty has been noted as one of the risk factors that causes serious problems in the lives of both the children and their families. The sole purpose of the anti-poverty programs is to fight poverty and give the poor and low-income earning families a chance to live a comfortable life or at least enjoy similar opportunities like the rest of the society. A good example of an anti-poverty program is the Head Start program that was started by former U.S President Lyndon B. Johnson in his intense fight against poverty.
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Initially, the people were reluctant to support any policies that had the object of helping the poor, such as the one that emerged in the twentieth century. Currently, the policy makers have increasingly supported the policies from the government. However, the policies have again shifted within the past few decades from poverty eradication to asset building (Shanks, 2014). Regardless of which policy it is, the fact is that the public’s perception of the acceptance of anti-poverty programs has been positive and continues to increase with time; the Head Start program has also increased in …show more content…

Poverty has been noted as a major cause of problems in society, especially among the youth and the children. The purpose of anti-poverty programs is to help individuals in need to be self-sufficient by providing initiatives that will help in the eradication of poverty. A good example of the anti-poverty program is Head Start, which was started by former United States President Lyndon B. Johnson. The public’s perception of anti-poverty programs have positively evolved, especially in the last two decades where they have gained more support. The main theories on the causes of poverty discussed in this paper are the individual and the structural theory. The challenges in developing the anti-poverty program remain on bringing the two ideologies together to support the

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