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16 million American children live under the poverty line.

POVERTY REALITY

• Leads to difficulty in school
• Social, behavioral, and emotional problems 
• Poor health both mental and physical
• Trouble maintaining a job

Effects on the nation

• Reduces GDP by 1.3%
•  Costs US over $500 billion 

Problems with  Teen Pregnancy

• Kids 10 times more likely to live in poverty
• Sons 2.7 times more likely to end up in prison
• Likely to be abandoned, neglected, and abused

Emergency SHelter

• For homeless and runaway teens
• Clothing, counseling, education aid, shelter
• Stay up to 3 weeks
• 90% return to parents

hotline

• 24/7/365
•  Contact counselors and volunteers
• Advice and referral information to parents
• In 2010 they received almost 1,500 calls 

Assisting Young Mothers

• Ages 16-21
• Place to stay, shelter, food
• Parental Education
• Assistance in parental education
• Schooling, Educatiuon

Homeless youth initiative

• For students with no place to stay
• 77% of students go to college
• 2011 all seniors went to college

Community Based Service

• Street Outreach
• Culmore Teen Center
• Annandale Targeted Youth Initiative
• Family Resouce Center
• Safe Youth Project

Alternative House Spending

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Works Cited
"Alternative House Mission & Vision." Alternative House: The Abused and Homeless Children's Refuge. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 May 2014.
"Charity Navigator Rating - Alternative House." Charity Navigator. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 May 2014.
"Child Poverty." NCCP. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 May 2014.
"Unique Needs of Children Born to Teen Parents - Fast Facts - Healthy Teen Network ." Unique Needs of Children Born to Teen Parents - Fast Facts - Healthy Teen Network . N.p., n.d. Web. 26 May 2014.

Photo Works Cited
Homeless Motherhood. 2012. Maternally Yours, Sarasota.
Poverty, The American Forgotten State. N.d. Poverty USA, n.p.
Van. 2014. Alternative House, Dunn Loring.
Shelter3. N.d. Alternative House, Virginia.