GS: Poverty and Academic Inequality (part 2)

What is child care assistance?

• every child has a legal entitlement to both parents' financial support

• parents with minor children who are pursuing funding backing from a noncustodial parent

• child care assistance subsidizes the child care expenses of eligible low-income families while parents are working or participating in a training or education activity

What is Head Start programs?

• serve children between 3 and 5 years old

• for kids under 5 years old

• for children from low-income families

• none of above answer

Microcredit programs give poor people the financial resources they need to become self-efficient and to contribute to their local economies.

• True

• False

Investments in human capital involve _______

• programs and policies that provide adequate nutrition, housing, healthcare, sanitation, education and job training

• programs and policies that can make the government gain more money to help the country’s economy

• programs and policies that focus on making more money for the country in all form of job no matter if it’s legal or illegal

Since there are various types of food assistance, are there any child in US who receives no food assistance?

• No, everyone receives food assistance

• Yes, there are children who receive no food assistance

What is the biggest obstacle of building affordable housing?

• Government

• Overpopulation

• Zoning regulations

Millennium Development Goals are the ninth goals that comprise an international agenda for reducing poverty and improving lives, which was set to be achieved by 2015

• True

• False

Economic growth cannot help poverty reduction because

• Wealth ends up in the hands of the political and corporate elite

• The rich do not want to donate to the poor

• Poor people are lazy to work

The civilian always protect the homeless people

• True

• False

Housing for the poor is also often located in areas with high crime rate and high levels of pollution

• True

• False