In recent times, youth poverty in Toronto has been an issue that the citizens have a great concern for. From 1990, to 1995, the child poverty rates jumped from 1 in 4 children, to 1 and 3 children; which is a 73% increase over the 5 years. The 73% increase brought the number of children that are poor, to 176,300 from 102,300. This rate did not improve, as a result the number of children who are poor, increased by 7%, along with the number of families with children who are poor increased by 6%. With these numbers, it doesn't seem as if the government is making an effort to stop this increase. Welfare cuts, cost of living, tuition increase, inflation in the economy, these are all issues that should .
be addressed, and adjusted to help this important cause in Toronto's society. All .
and all, the youth of the world, and in this case, Toronto, is the future of the .
world. The youths of society need our help, and we need to stop youth poverty in Toronto. Now one of the major causes of youth poverty in our city is low income .
for families with children. Families who are poor in this city tend to live far below the poverty line and have trouble .
removing themselves from there, especially if it's a single parent situation. More and more families are now relying on food banks to get through their daily lives and the number of homeless children on the street has increased. 6,200 children are now in homeless shelters, which is a 130% increase since 1988. As mentioned prior, in 1995, the child poverty rate was one child in.
three (36%). The number of poor children in Toronto had increased by 74,000, a 73% increase to 176,300. From 1995, which saw 152,250 poor children, to 1998 which saw a 2% increase and brought the number of poor children to 163,000 (10,760 more children). Another serious issue is post-secondary education. When these children start to get older and make the transition to the employment they lose interest in continuing their education and decide to work full-time.
This article was written to examine and study childhood poverty. Why is childhood poverty of importance? What causes childhood poverty? What are the affects of childhood poverty? How can we better solve childhood poverty? ...
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