Research shows that teenage mothers may come from violent homes, single parent homes, have poor self-esteem, a history of depression, and a history of drug or alcohol abuse (Quinlivan, Tan, Steele & Black, 2004). The average teen mother is 17.5 years old. UNITED STATES birth rates are higher than any other country. $9 billion are spent annually on teen pregnancy. Florida alone had 354,000 teen births between 1991 and 2004, costing taxpayers $8.1 billion.
The average period of being a lone parent is around five years (Ben Wilson et al 2010). In the Britain today, as in most Western countries, the last century has seen a change in views on sexuality, marriage and childbearing, as well as the a more liberal view to divorce, a general rise in divorce rates, an increase in rates of cohabitation and births outside marriage, and an increase in the proportion of lone mother families (Duncan and Phillips, 2008; Office for National Statistics, 2009) In 20011 the number of opposite sex cohabiting couples in the U.K was 2.9 million compared with 2.1 million in 2001, the number of married or civil partner couples reduced from 12.3 million to 12.1 million. Lone parents with dependent children were 1.96 million in 2011
Teen mothers are more likely to drop out of school, remain unmarried, and live in poverty, their children are more likely to be born at low birth weight, grow up poor, live in single-parent households, experience abuse and neglect, and enter the child welfare system. Daughters of teen mothers are more likely to become teen parents themselves and sons of teen mothers are more likely to be incarcerated (Hoffman, 2006). All of this can be linked to the teenager’s lack of access to care, fear and misinformation (Brown, 2010). Demographics Nationwide in 2006, 750,000 women younger than twenty became pregnant. The pregnancy rate was 71.5 pregnancies per 1,000 women aged 15–19.
This year snap shot shows an increase in homeless veterans, domestic violence victims, and homeless children, with a 55% increase in the number of Veterans living on the street or in emergency shelters, a 31% increase in the number of domestic violence victims who are experiencing homelessness (with 40% of those victims being male), and an 8% rise in the number of homeless children. It is not easy to determine the exact number of homeless since estimates differ according to the
Considering the cost and prevalence, as well as the direct relationship between housing and domestic violence, a majority of homeless women are victims of domestic violence. 28% of families were homeless because of domestic violence in 2008 (U.S. Conference of Mayors, 2008). 39% of cities cited domestic violence as the primary cause of family homelessness (U.S. Conference of Mayors, 2007) In Carlsbad they have a shelter with the crisis care hot line answering twenty four hours a day. We also provide other homeless resources such as transitional resources for the homeless. Homeless clinic and treatment center resources are also provided , and work together to place people with the best care and plan of action.
The census data for 2006 shows that 36.5 million Americans or about one in eight lived below the federal poverty like of $20,614 in income for a family of four. More than a third of them are children, and 3.4 are 65 and older. While the poverty rate continues to rise, the number of children without health care insurance continues to rise with it. Billiteri, J. Thomas (2007, September 7) Domestic Poverty ( Vol. 17, Issue 31).
[34]Title III goes over sections 302-308 of the Adoption and Safe Families Act. These sections regulate a few new services and a program that respects a foster child's accumulative assets paid for by the foster care. [35]The secretary is ordered to report to congress ans well as both committee and sub-committee on the number of foster kids placed in kinship care. This is useful so that congress can keep regulations on the states, making sure that the children are being properly handled. This Title also enforces [36]Independent Living Programs to be created for youth in foster accumulated up to 5,000 dollars in assets that can otherwise be used as resources.
Studies have been conducted to find that the homeless population has a much higher rate of mental illness than the average population. "In the year 2000, 30% [of the homeless in St. Louis] had a combination of mental health and drug or alcohol problems (dual diagnosis) and another 15% had mental health problems alone. A survey of more than 10,000 patients treated for serious mental illness in San Diego County found that 15% had been homeless during the previous year" ("The Mentally Ill Are Vulnerable to Homelessness"). One can infer from this that those who have been subjugated to the demanding life style such as that of the homeless tend to lose hope in their life and eventually become driven towards the mentality of self-loathing or losing hope in life which goes hand in hand with mental illness. Lander 2 Another factor which corresponds to wealth and economic standing is crime.
The United States have the highest rate of teenage pregnancy among 46 developed countries ("U.S. Teenage Pregnancy Statistics National and State Trends and Trends by Race", 2006). Teenage pregnancy and child bearing are societal concerns because of economic and social costs. Childbearing, on average, costs taxpayers in the United States $4,080 per teenager. Moreover, it also affects education, only a third of teen mother earn their high school diploma and only 1.5% have a college degree by
According to the data from the National Surveys of Family Growth from 1973, 1982, 1988, and 1995, that out of the 9.9 million women who had ever considered adoption, 16% had taken steps towards adoption, and 31% of these had actually adopted a child. (National Center of Health Statistics) B. The bigger the number of people who consider adoption will result in more adoptions being made, and the more children’s lives we change for the better. BODY 1. The top three reasons for adopting a child have to do with sharing.