Generational Poverty.

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Generational Poverty Angela Lipford BSHS/345 December 23, 2013 Chelie Saffeels Generational poverty explains poverty that continues from generation to generation. The definition of generational poverty is poverty that extends through at least two generations (“Urban Ventures”, n.d.). There are several characteristics of generational poverty. There are also several reasons why generational poverty is so hard of a cycle to break. In this paper, we will discuss these characteristics and reasons. There are two types of poverty. The two types of poverty are situational and generational poverty (“Urban Ventures”, n.d.). Situational poverty describes poverty that occurs due to a significant change in life status, such as job loss (“Urban Ventures”, n.d.). The difference in situational poverty and generational poverty is that in situational poverty, the people experiencing poverty continue to have hopes that they will recover from the change that occurred (“Urban Ventures”, n.d.). Generational poverty describes individuals that experience hopelessness (“Urban Ventures”, n.d.). Hopelessness is one of the main characteristics of generational poverty. There are three forms of poverty that families suffering from generational poverty experience (“Urban Ventures”, n.d.). The first form is educational poverty. Educational poverty describes the lack of education due to a family experiencing poverty. There are several characteristics of educational poverty. Children of families living in educational poverty tend to miss a significant amount of school or stop attending all together due to the responsibility of helping the family financially by getting a job (“11 Facts About Education And Poverty In America”, n.d.). Another characteristic is that children who live in educational poverty have more of a risk of developing learning disabilities and delays in
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